Firewalls: Usefulness of Split DNS?

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(September 1994)

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Subject:	Usefulness of Split DNS?
From:	Reto Lichtensteiger <rali @ mailgate . hri . com>
Date:	Thu, 1 Sep 1994 11:43:51 -0400 (EDT)
To:	firewalls @ greatcircle . com

Hello all ...

I have been considering this one for a while & the "I hate DNS" thread
prompts me to ask for clarification ...

What is, indeed, the usefulness of hiding "inside" names via a split
DNS?

I can see that it might hinder a "bad guy" if there was *no* way to
determine the inside net ID, but in a majority of cases the inside net is
known ...

-Reto
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R A Lichtensteiger	rali @
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System Administrator	Horizon Research Inc	(617) 466-8304

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