RE: {bb} bb-hosts & NAT

[Philip Clark <bblist@cannae.uklinux.net>]

On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 13:50, JC Hearn wrote:
> We have the same issue.
> 
> We couldn't get it to work with the public address in the bb-hosts file on
> the server behind the firewall.  Instead, we had to put in the non-routable
> address, like so:
> 
> Outside firewall:
> xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx domain.com # BBDISPLAY BBNET BBPAGER
> 
> Inside firewall:
> 192.168.1.1     domain.com # BBDISPLAY BBNET BBPAGER
> 
> I guess this is a reason to break the "same bb-hosts file everywhere" rule.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> JC

As a "law" it's more like a speed limit than gravity. It can be
broken, but that should only be done if:

  A. You have a valid reason.
  B. You know what you're doing.
  C. You don't start complaining if something nasty happens.

Cheers, Phil.


 
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