RE: network architecture related to db security - needed

[avishver <yram () netvision net il>]

No firewall between the application and the db?
I am not a big fan of that, but some security guys swear that it 
  is an absolute need. 

-----Original Message-----
From: Saqib Ali [mailto:docbook.xml () gmail com] 
Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 7:41 PM
To: avishver
Cc: security-basics () securityfocus com
Subject: Re: network architecture related to db security - needed

actually you can place the reverse proxy in the DMZ. and same thing
for citrix solution as well.

>   Do you mean a network topology like:
>
>   internet --> firewall --> reverse proxy --> application --> db


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