Need an ISP in TO

[Michael J. Pawlowsky]

James Knott wrote:

>Michael J. Pawlowsky wrote:
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>>James Knott wrote:
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>>>Incidententally, why do you need a static IP for a firewall? If you're
>>>basing rules on IP, rather than port, you're doing it wrong.
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>>We keep a dozen or so servers in Texas which are firewalled and we only
>>allow specific IP ranges into them for many of the services.
>>So it is easier if they have a static IP so that we do not have to
>>change the firewall rules when their IP changes.
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>Can they not do a DNS lookup against a host name?  However, as I
>mentioned, the IPs on Rogers are virtually static, changing only when
>there's a physical reason for a change.
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The firewall is simply iptables. So I imagine it would be possible.
Does Rogers block ports?  25, 80?

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