Firewall advantages/disadvantages
am 21.03.2005 20:18:47 von ljohnsonHi all,
I'm fairly new to network security and have been assigned the task of
deciding which firewall setup would best suit the security needs of my
company's web application.
Here are the options I'm looking at so far:
1.) A hardware based firewall acting as an intermediary between the
webserver and the outside world.
2.) A software based firewall installed on the webserver.
3.) An additional machine with a software firewall acting as an
intermediary between the webserver and the outside world.
Could someone please let me know if I'm on the right track with any of
these options and possibly list some of the advantages/disadvantages of
each. Any help you can provide would be extremly helpful.
Thanks,
Larry