Re: [fw-wiz] DNS Names for external services

From: "Behm, Jeff" <jbehm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Firewall Wizards Security Mailing List
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Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 11:16:06 -0500
Subject: [fw-wiz] DNS Names for external services

Just curious, what is your opinions of the security vs. ease of use
trade-offs on putting DNS entries in (vs. making people know/use an
IP address) for services you expose to the Internet.
[snip]

I believe there's nothing significant to be gained by such
obfuscation.

Regards,
Jim
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