Re: Firewall and DMZ topology

["Steve Bremer" <steveb () nebcoinc com>]

> Under what conditions would these firewalls be configured any 
> differently from a vulnerability-assessment view point?  i.e., if
> someone was able to crack the outer firewall, is it not likely they
> would crack the inner firewall as well?

Not necessarily.  If different types of firewalls are used for each, the 
chance of both being compromised has been significantly reduced.   
However, a poorly implemented filtering policy applied to both 
firewalls could still allow unwanted traffic *through* them.

Steve Bremer
NEBCO, Inc.
System & Security Administrator

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