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RE: Dual-homed firewall with DHCP on one of the interfaces.
From: "Keller, Dennis" <DKeller () ddc dla mil>
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 14:23:12 -0500
Don't use DHCP for for your firewall. Apply static addresses to all interfaces on the firewall. Your external address is your Internet footprint and should remain constant as well as your internal address should remain constant for internal users. Regards, Dennis Keller ADP Security Administrator DDSP-Z email: dkeller () ddc dla mil -----Original Message----- From: Daniel Knighten [mailto:daniel () knighten org] Sent: Monday, March 22, 1999 7:20 PM To: firewall-wizards () nfr net Subject: Dual-homed firewall with DHCP on one of the interfaces. I have connected a small office to the Internet through a Linux based router/firewall. This machine employs network address translation and a combination of packet filtering and proxies to firewall the internal network. The problem I am having is that the external (Internet) interface receives it's IP address via DHCP. When the machine first boots the firewall is not initialized till after DHCP has obtained it's address. However once the firewall has been initialized DHCP traffic is no longer passed. I thought I had anticipated the problem by creating holes in the firewall for TCP/UDP ports 67-68, but nonetheless the problem exist. My current solution is to simply squat on an IP after DHCP has acquired it, however I would like to understand the full ramifications. Has anybody encountered this before and are there any suggestions? Thanks, Dan -- ____________________________________ | Daniel Knighten | | Quad Group Computer Solutions, Inc. | P.O. Box 590 | Dupont, WA 98327-0590 | | Voice: (360) 507-7842 | Fax: (360) 455-0463 | | dknighten () qgcs com | http://www.qgcs.com | ____________________________________|
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Current thread:
- Dual-homed firewall with DHCP on one of the interfaces. Daniel Knighten (Mar 23)
- Re: Dual-homed firewall with DHCP on one of the interfaces. Steve George (Mar 23)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: Dual-homed firewall with DHCP on one of the interfaces. Cottrell, Ian (Mar 23)
- Re: Dual-homed firewall with DHCP on one of the interfaces. Daniel Knighten (Mar 24)
- RE: Dual-homed firewall with DHCP on one of the interfaces. Keller, Dennis (Mar 23)
- RE: Dual-homed firewall with DHCP on one of the interfaces. Peter Capelli (Mar 24)