Need an ISP in TO

[CLIFFORD ILKAY]

On June 29, 2005 09:15, Michael J. Pawlowsky wrote:
> James Knott wrote:
> > 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.
>
> 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.

You could achieve the same goal, i.e. preventing users from unauthorized hosts 
from connecting, by using an IPSec VPN. You could also use ssh and disallow 
password authentication.
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Regards,

Clifford Ilkay
Dinamis Corporation
3266 Yonge Street, Suite 1419
Toronto, ON
Canada  M4N 3P6

+1 416-410-3326
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