Re: Firewall and DMZ topology

[Zach Crowell <zach-public () bitshifters org>]

Erik Vincent wrote:
> I think there is a major difference between:
>
>               1:    internet --> Outer Firewall --> DMZ --> Inner 
> Firewall --> LAN
>                            If your Outer Firewall is crack, only the DMZ 
> computer will be unprotected
>                             but the LAN portion still protected.

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?

Zach


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