You could have a dedicated nick on the dmz going to a dedicated nick on the internal network. However I would just recommend you disable that nick and put the traffic rules you need on the firewall for the dmz to internal.
M -----Original Message----- From: David M. Fetter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 5:49 PM To: Jennifer Fountain Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Question about dmz security That's definitely a security risk because that system essentially bypasses your firewall altogether. You are right in your suggestion. Jennifer Fountain wrote: > I need an opinion on a current design implementation in place. We have > an ftp server sitting in our dmz. This box has two nics - one is > plugged into the dmz hub and one is plugged into our network. I think > this is a security risk and we should just allow internal users access > to the box via the firewall by opening the port instead of having dual > nics. they do not see a security risk. maybe i am just too new at this > and need some education. what is the "best" way to implement this > configuration? > > > Thank you > Jenn Fountain > -- David M. Fetter (MegaSurge) - http://www.setec-astronomy.biz/ "The world is full of power and energy and a person can go far by just skimming off a tiny bit of it." Neal Stephenson - Snow Crash
