At 09:30 05/01/01 +0000, opie san wrote:
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>
>The question I'd be asking is why the customer wants to access an internal
>mail server from its external NAT address from inside the network. I'm
>sure there are reasons for doing it but if it doesn't have to be that way
>then you might be able to save some sanity on this problem.
the reason seems to be always the same: have a single hostname to reference
the server.
But the best solution is always the same: Use DNS.
if he configures an internal DNS server that uses the internal adddresses,
then there is no need to go
through the FW from inside.
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