Firewall topology: system placement

After selecting a firewall topology, it is time to decide where to place individual systems inside that topology. You can protect or expose your customer's systems depending on where you place them within a firewall architecture. This tip offers guidance on placing systems within three different firewall topologies: bastion host, screened subnet and a multi-homed firewall.

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Each topology strategy raises its own questions about where your customers' systems should be placed and why. The answers to those questions rest largely in each customer's needs and plans.

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