> > > > Why would any enterprise publish the A record of
> > > > internalserver.example.com
> > > > outside the firewall?
> > >
> > > Why wouldn't they?
> >
> > Truly, you are out of touch with the way large corporate
> > intranets are run.
>
> no he is not. I know three large corporations using the fact that they got
> nice large ipv4 address space and do this in totally secure manner.
Putting aside who said what, the second person may or may not be out
of touch with they way many large (and small) organizational (not
just corporate) networks are run, but may just be more *in* touch
than those organizations are with what consititutes Real(TM) Security.
We here all know that hiding names and addresses isn't "real"
security. But it's on a lot of checklists. People with the smarts
and backbone to criticize the checklists are often not in the right
organizational place to get them changed.
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