[Techtalk] DNS and IP masquerading

[jennyw]

No, you shouldn't need to.  If you use private IPs and want to resolve addresses on 
your network, you can install DNS (but it wouldn't need to be accessed from the 
outside), or you could use host files.

Jen

On Tue, Mar 11, 2003 at 07:39:08PM -0800, Arashi wrote:
> I've been looking over a IPtables firewall script (kindly supplied by
> Conor - thanks) and noticed that it includes DNS addresses.  ATM all
> I know about DNS is that it maps machine names to IP addresses.  Do I
> need
> a DNS server for my situation (2 computers on a home network sharing
> a dial-up internet connection)?
> 
> 
> cheers
> Berenice
> 
> 
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