It is a semi-Firewall related question.
A firewall for the Extranet allows, say 10 vendors, contractors, to connect
to it. There are two options that we can think of:
Option 1:
Have 10 NICs in the firewall. This option is clumsy, but it is secure in
the sense that competitive suppliers cannot sniff each other's data.
Option 2:
A smarter approach, one says. Have an intelligent switch connecting to a
NIC in the firewall. Each port of the switch is isolated, a VLAN approach.
Competitive suppliers cannot "peer" into each other's data.
Being a non-router/switch guy. How can I configure and secure the switch?
I have also heard a router guru mentioned that, in order to provide
security, we should not use intelligent switch as someone connect to the
console of a switch, he/she can sniff the packets.
Any pointers are appreciated.
Thanks,
C.K.
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