Re: Access from DMZ Was: AD in the DMZ . . . OK?

[Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers <bugtraq () planetcobalt net>]

On 2004-08-02 Depp, Dennis M. wrote:
> On 2004-07-30 Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers wrote:
> > If I'm reading you correctly that would still require access from the
> > DMZ to the DC, thus still violating the DMZ. No host in the DMZ
> > should ever be able to access any service inside the internal
> > network.
>
> I've often wondered if this is really possible.  In today's
> environment, we have to provide some access to our internal networks
> either from the DMZ or from the internet.  (VPN for example.)  Is it
> possible to continue to stay with this phillosophy and still not have
> direct Internet connections into you secure network (even VPN
> connections). 

I would say that VPNs can be considered a special case since hosts
connected through a VPN are actually part of the internal network.

There *may* be reasons to violate a DMZ, however, these reasons should
be very well evaluated and I fail to see that simplified user management
for a web application should be reason enough.

Regards
Ansgar Wiechers
-- 
"Those who would give up liberty for a little temporary safety
deserve neither liberty nor safety, and will lose both."
--Benjamin Franklin

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