DNS and DMZ help needed

[John C. Voigt]

-----Original Message-----
From: Net Llama! <netllama at linux-sxs.org>
Sent: Sep 18, 2003 11:37 AM
To: linux-users at linux-sxs.org
Subject: Re: DNS and DMZ help needed

On Thu, 18 Sep 2003, John C. Voigt wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm in the process of setting up our network at work, as the Feds unplugged our old one. We have a Cisco PIX 515 firewall (not ours) between the router and our LAN with a DMZ port.

THe feds?  Care to elaborate on that?  i'm rather curious.
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Well,  we are subject to Federal oversight by the Office of Surface Mining, which also just happens to be part of the Department of Interior. For many years they provided network access to the various states and Indian tribes within their jurisdiction. Due to some misman^H^H^H^H^H^H um mistakes in the Bureau of Indian affairs, the DOI was ordered to shut down parts of their network infrastructure as part of an ongoing court case.

Since we're on the bottom of the pile, our network access was unceremoniously yanked one day with about two hours' notice. It won't be back either. Soooo, we're doing it ourselves (mostly).

Hope that explains it a bit,

John V.

John Voigt - K9GBO
Valley Technology
Terre Haute, IN
jcvoigt at earthlink.net