DJ Lucas wrote:
> On 10/15/2011 10:20 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote:
>> Wow.  That's a lot.  I think I have one.  I use a Linksys router with
>> DD-WRT, but I don't try to access any inside systems from the outside.

> Going way OT, but like I said, overly complex. I have 3 internal 
> networks, one for clients, one for servers, and one for testing. I'm 
> very explicit about what traffic goes where from each of the boxes in 
> the server and testing VLANs. For instance, DNS alone accounts for 6 
> distinct rules in the v6 chain - that's UDP out for each of the server 
> and testing VLANs, UDP in to each of the others from the client VLAN, 
> and 2 TCP rules for zone transfers between testing and server VLANs 
> (currently not utilized). It's pretty well locked down I think, but I'd 
> like to have the ability to verify that myself at some point as I 
> currently have only one IPv6 network at my disposal.

That's very interesting.  If everything is going through one router, 
then I can see why it is so complex.  It would really take a lot of 
knowledge to maintain such a thing.  I know you can do it, but in a more 
common environment, I'd simplify it by using multiple routers so mere 
mortals could manage it.  :)

   -- Bruce
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