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Re: Basic Network Configuration
From: "Chris Berry" <compjma () hotmail com>
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 17:18:45 -0700
From: "Smith, KC" <ksmith () systemsalliance com>Most LAN configs I've seen include two, separate pieces of hardware to define the DMZ. A firewall on the outside and another firewall or policy switch on the inside is usually how I've seen that handled. My new company uses 3 separate NICs in the same firewall. One for inbound, one for the LAN and one for the DMZ. Each has it's own address block. It seems like using the firewall to do this makes sense, but I'd appreciate some external confirmation on that.
In theory two seperate and different devices add to your security by reducing the single point of failure, however this depends heavily on how much administrative resources you have available.
The second issue is this: is there a rule of thumb to determine what should and should not go in the DMZ vs. the LAN? It seems to me that anything that requires access from outside the network (Ex. DNS servers, Mail servers, demo servers, etc.) should go in the DMZ. True?
You're pretty much on the ball there. Chris Berry compjma () hotmail com Systems Administrator JM Associates"We are successful when our bosses wonder what it is we do all day." -- Tim Mullen
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