Re: multiple ip addresses on a sinle NIC

Neale Banks (nealelowendale.com.au)
Wed, 22 Jul 1998 07:47:14 +1000 (EST)

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1) How robust is such an arrangement?

2) Does it detract from or enhance security?

The nswer to the second question in particular will depend on the specific
circumstances.

> but what about the setting of the rules about Network access
> and Network address translation etc. how would they respond to
> such a scenario. please email me a ccof your responses as i am
> working on such a scenario and how it would compromixe security.

IMHO, with a _proper_ implementation of discrete sub-interfaces the
answers to these questions _should_ be the same as if one had a battery of
physical interfaces. Perhaps that's part of the definition of a proper
implementation of multiple IPs on one NIC?

Regards,
Neale.

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