Re: Network Design

["Lee Rich" <lee.rich () wlga gov uk>]

Personally, I'd recommend the Netscreen range of firewalls. Good for VPN setups and can range from low end firewalls, 
for small networks, up to much bigger  systems for large corporate networks.

http://www.netscreen.com

-Lee

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff McClintock <lord_fiery () yahoo com>
To: security-basics () securityfocus com <security-basics () securityfocus com>
Sent: 25/08/2003 08:50
Subject: Network Design


Hello,

I've been tasked with creating my first ever network.  Definitely 
exciting, but lots of stuff to know :)  Given that, I wanted to run this 
by you guys and get some opinions.  I work for a small firm of 20-25 
employees that use Windows 2000 and XP exclusively.  They are planning to 
scale to a maximum of 50 people within a year.  They have a full T1, and 
want to have an FTP server, VPN and OWA access.  Web hosting is done by 
their ISP.

Does this seem like a pretty secure set up for them:

Internet -> Firewall -> (DMZ) FTP/OWA server (DMZ) -> DMZ Firewall -> 
Corporate LAN (with Exchange, employee machines, etc...)

If so, any rec's on firewalls for something like this?  Since it's a 
small firm, price is always an issue.

thanks
jm

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