Questions tagged [dmz]

DMZ (Demilitarized Zone) is a physical or logical subnetwork that contains and exposes an organization's external-facing services to a larger and untrusted network, usually the Internet.

In computer security, a DMZ or Demilitarized Zone is a physical or logical subnetwork that contains and exposes an organization's external-facing services to a larger and untrusted network, usually the Internet. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMZ_%28computing%29

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Is there any difference to access SQL Server and SQL Server instance from an Application server that is in DMZ

I am new to workflow stake and don't have good knowledge in networking. Can someone please tell me if I have an application server in DMZ which connects to SQL server instance which is not in DMZ, Is there any difference if i connect to SQL server…
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Contact Active Directory with SSL

I have a method that validates user credentials against Active Directory. I would like to use this method with SSL but I can't get it to work. The main problem is that I have a server that are outside of our network (is it called DMZ?). And from…
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How to export files from a dmz servers

I want to export files (using NFS) from dmz servers. Output of showmount command is fine on the same server. But it gives an error on other server connected in the network. error is " clnt_create: RPC: Unknown Host " NOTE: I can do ssh connection…
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Provide access to a development web server running on laptop connected via iOS Personal Hotspot

I'm developing a web service that needs to connect to another web service and register a web service endpoint that notifications can be sent to. e.g. Server A sends a registration request to Server B, containing the URL on which notifications will…
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What is the recommended way to do WCF username/password authentication in DMZ

I am looking to host a WCF service accessible to a limited set of clients over the internet, as described here: Best way to secure a WCF service on the internet with few clients I intend to use Username/Password auth (using existing membership…
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Best practice for exposing internal data to outside world?

Our current setup for exposing internal data to the outside world is to have an Internet server in our DMZ with access to our database server that resides within our protected network. But I've been told this is not secure as exposes potentially…
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ASP web reference intermittently throwing 'an existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host' exception

I have a ASP.NET (VB.NET) web application (targeting .NET 4 Framework) which throws an exception intermittently when trying to invoke a web method via web reference. The web reference is the old school ASP.NET web services with the .asmx file…
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How to query a CRM 2011 Filtered View from a site on our DMZ?

We have a public facing website that is querying our CRM 2011 database using the Filtered Views to display some information to our customers. We accomplished this by Impersonating a CRM/domain user we created for this purpose. We are moving the…
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Equivalent of iframe on server side

Is there any way to create an "iframe-like" on server side ? The fact is, I need to acceed to certains page of my society's intranet from our website's administration part. I already have a SQL link to the database that works fine, but here I would…
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should the NTP server reside in DMZ? what are the security concerns?

should the NTP server reside in DMZ? what are the security concerns? i am doing network architecture security review.
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Error 691 VPN Windows Server 2011 SBS

Our Network is build on a ESXi 5 which is connected on the second NIC with an IPCop. On the first NIC it is connected through a switch with all my clients. On the ESXi i have a Windows Server SBS 2011 Standard with 2 NIC's. One for my private…
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ISAPI Filter LDAP Authentication Error on DMZ Server

I am writing an ISAPI filter for a web server that we have running in a DMZ. This ISAPI filter needs to connect to our internal domain controllers to authenticate against Active Directory. There is a rule in the firewall to allow traffic from the…
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In-house iphone app database connection

I am going to build an in-house application within a company. I was told that the data sample is located on the DMZ network, so how can I connect to this? The main task is going to surface data and display it. I have no idea about DMZ network and is…
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Internal access to company website in dmz blocked as best practice

My client's network security person is setting up their new website in a DMZ for security. This makes total sense to me. However, she proceeded to say that it's a best practice that the company employees not be able to access the site internally.…
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Accesing WCF Service behind Firewall from Internet

We have some WCF Services that are located on the intranet behind firewalls and are only consumed by internal applications. The new requirement is that few services need to be consumed also from external companies through the internet. Someone in my…
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