RE: Web/database server setup question...

["Squire, Jonathan" <Jonathan.Squire () dowjones com>]

You may want to look at the eGap from Whale Technologies, it allows you to
connect to your backoffice applications without a network connection. The
device act like a virtual sneaker net and has some nice features like the
ability to keylock the direction(s) data can flow in.

Whale's web site is:
http://www.whalecommunications.com/

I had asked about the device on the list a few months ago, and did an
anlysis on the device without having seen it, I'm still waiting to see one,
but it looks very interesting.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: tdoyiako () satline gr [mailto:tdoyiako () satline gr]
> Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2000 7:38 AM
> To: firewall-wizards () nfr net
> Subject: Web/database server setup question...
>
>
> I've  been  assigned  to come up with a setup for our web and database
> servers so that they can be reasonably secure.
>
> The  basic  setup  will be web server, a database server and a process
> application server (between the web and db server).
>
> These  will  be  on  their  own,  ie  no intranet connected to them or
> anything.
>
> My  question  is this, what would be a reasonable setup? Is a firewall
> needed,  or  a  router  will  be enough blocking everything except for
> ports 80 and 443?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Theo