Sad Clouds <[email protected]> writes: > On Sun, 28 Dec 2025 13:48:02 -0600 (CST) > "John D. Baker" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Good points raised and perhaps others can shed some light on how to deal >> with a multi-homed interface where one address is statically assigned and >> the other is dynamic via DHCP. > > Strictly speaking "multihomed" refers to a machine with multiple > network interfaces. If you assigned multiple IP addresses to the same > interface this is called "IP aliasing". > > There may be some security implications when creating such firewall > designs with only a single interface. It is best to physically isolate > external and internal subnets, I think.
Or perhaps vlans, with switches providing separation, if you can't use separate actual interfaces. (Not to really disagree with your point.)
