Talk:Security Handbook/Firewalls and Network Security
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I am not happy with this statement ... because it is wrong. In nearly every small company, with a small network this solution is active:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMZ_(computing)#Single_firewall
I have even created an example configuration for this design:
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-1114432.html
Yes, it is a SPOF but with a correct configuration it is a very secure solution. Think how many samll companies have the money for an edge and a core firewall ?
pietinger 07:40, 31 August 2023 (UTC)
- Sentence removed, and I improved some of the other phrasing around it.
- JM01085758 (talk) 00:27, 6 September 2023 (UTC)