VPN Gateway and Firewall [7:62358]

2003-02-03 Thread Paulo Roque
Hi all, A have a Checkpoint FW-1 and a VPN concentrator in a new design. Where is the best place to put the VPN concentrator related to firewall? a) before the firewall (in the outside network) b) after the firewall(in the inside network) c) in parallel with the firewall d) in a

Re: VPN Gateway and Firewall [7:62358]

2003-02-03 Thread Sam Sneed
Inside the firewall. I haven;t worked with the concentrators before, but have used Cisco rotuer for RAS VPN. All it needs is one interface for this fucntion, real nice. Putting it behind FW ensures only stateful TCP sessions are used and protects it from outsiders. Paulo Roque wrote in message

Re: VPN Gateway and Firewall [7:62358]

2003-02-03 Thread BJ Rice
You may want to consider the concentrator in a dual DMZ scenario. The benefit of putting it in a dual DMZ scenario is not only can you control the outside access, you can also control the resources a remote can see in the inside once a tunnel is established. If you place it behind the firewall,