Blocking Access to Hidden Primary?

[Barry Margolin]

In article <200002081430.IAA01074 at achilles.ctd.anl.gov>,
Barry Finkel  <b19141 at achilles.ctd.anl.gov> wrote:
>I have a hidden primary - dns0.anl.gov .  I know that our slave DNS
>servers need access to the dns0 machine.  Is there a harm in blocking
>all access from the outside world to dns0 (except from our slaves)?
>Some of my colleagues want to limit access, and I am not sure what
>problems it might cause.  Thanks.

If it's truly hidden, no one other than the slave servers should normally
need access to it, so blocking access should be OK.

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