[NTLUG:Discuss] Is the better combination?

[MadHat]

m m wrote:
> 
> I put the web, postgreSQL server on one box; ftp, mail server on the other
> box, and put dns server on firewall.
> all three boxes are directly connect to the internet. the windoz are behind
> the firewall, how is this combination?
> thanks.

Not bad as long as everything on the boxes themselves is secure.  I
personally would have put the postgres behind the firewall, but I would
have put it all there, except for the DNS, which I have like you say, on
the FW itself.

As long as you keep up with everything you should be fine.  There are
lots of configs (network layouts), but if someone _really_ wants into
your boxes, as long as they are on the net, you have the chance of being
compromised.

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