DMZ zone

[LeoITT]

Good Morning,

Im trying to understand what a DMZ  zone does...

I understand its an extra layer of proctection for a LAN from intruders trying to get into an organization externaly via, e-mail, web, and dns servers. These risks are placed into a sub-network in order to protect the rest of the network.

So in other words in a DMZ zone you would have e-mail, web, and dns servers.....is there anything else?

[michaewlewis]

What else goes in the dmz is really up to you and your needs for the dmz. Best thing to do is do some research and figure out what your needs are.
In my dmz, all I've got is a single web server with only http and ssh allowed through the firewall. That's all I need. The larger IT network where I work has http, ssh, rdp, dns, email, and probably more allowed on several servers.

Take a look at Wikipedia's article on DMZs: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMZ_%28computing%29
And also do some more research on yahoo.

[LeoITT]

hey thanks man that helped.