[ale] security question: firewall and dhcp

[Jonathan Rickman]

On Monday 28 July 2003 10:26, Eric Melo wrote:
> there is no problem AT ALL using DHCP + FIREWAL.

Actually, that statement is not always true. A firewall in the most 
traditional sense, should have NO services running on it and should be 
administered via out of band communication for increased security. Most 
people will find that unacceptable and run at least SSH. 

In Miguel's case, it should be ok to run DHCP if bound only to the internal 
NIC and the appropriate filters are in place to block any access attempts 
from the external NIC. The bottom line is, if that's all you have...use it. 
If you have another option...use it instead.


-- 
Jonathan Rickman
X Corps Security
http://www.xcorps.net


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