On Thu, 3 Nov 2005, Ryan wrote: > On Wednesday 02 November 2005 02:53 pm, JC wrote: >> Hi everyone, >> >> I have this problem that I'm not sure what's the best solution for it. I >> need your input & help... >> >> I have an internal network behind a hardware firewall. All traffics go >> thru. the firewall. One of the firewall's rules is that it doesn't allow >> internal network accesses internal resources that travels outside then >> come back. In the other words, it drops all packets originate from inside >> the network that travels outside and then come back to access internal >> resources. >> >> For example: I have web server (used internal ip 10.1.1.10) behind the >> firewall, internal network can access this web server with >> http://10.1.1.10, but they can't access http://www.mydomain.com. Assume >> that I have static IP (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx) maps to 10.1.1.10 and dns record >> www.mydomain.com points to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx >> >> What I want is to allow users inside the network be able to access >> http://www.mydomain.com instead of http://10.1.1.10 >> >> Here is my question: >> should I change the rule of the firewall? If so, is there a security >> risk? >> >> Is there any other solution for this? >> >> By the way, I don't have an internal DNS, I use my ISP DNS service. >> >> Thank you so much for your help, >> JC > > Modify the hosts file of your clients to point > 10.1.1.10 to www.mydomain.com > > > Under windowsXP, open the file here: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC with > notepad. > > add in a line: > 10.1.1.10 www.mydomain.com > what about win 9x? I tried that on win98, but it's not working? Is there any additional setting I have to make? Thanks, JC