On 27 July 2010 16:05, Ben Donohue <donoh...@icafe.com.au> wrote: > Sorry should also have said that they are seen by the outside world. > > On 27/07/2010 4:04 PM, Ben Donohue wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> just a question... >> >> I'm looking at the possibility of consolidating some servers for a client. >> >> If an internal box with DNS and squid were combined, would this be a >> security risk... as in risky way above normal? >> >> How about a DNS, squid and web server with multiple name based virtual >> domains on the same box? >> >> Is doing the above really dangerous on a fully patched and up to date >> system? >> >> Any advice please?
You can use xen or kvm if you want too. So long as you don't run anything insecure in the dom-0 that should be ok. To also consider the network 'security' as well. You probably want to use varnish[1] over squid - it is a lot nicer :) [1] http://varnish-cache.org/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
