This may be a stupid answer, but isn't it easily possible to set up the
interfaces (or firewall, or both) so they reject source IP addresses in the
wrong I/F?  Or am I missing the point?

David

| On 9/13/05, AragonX <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| > Hello all,
| >
| > I am trying to secure my web server.  It serves internal users
| > (employees) and external users (customers).  There are some web
| > applications that I would like to have available to
| internal users but
| > require external users to have a password to access the
| directory (the
| > applications have their own security but I don't want any of the
| > scripts or files visible to the internet at all.  They are
| all under
| > the /internal directory).  Can this be done?
| >
| > The server has two NICS, one serving the internal network and one
| > serving the external.  Is there a module that will allow different
| > security levels based in this information?
| >
| > I know that mod_access and I think mod_security will allow me to do
| > this but they do it based on IP address.  I'm afraid someone will
| > spoof the IP addresses of the internal network to bypass
| this security measure.
| >
| > What I'm trying to avoid is having the employees log in twice to
| > access the web apps.  They would be most unhappy.



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