Hi i have a questions for you guys can you suggest me a nice firewall router for webhosting. I heard for hosting webservers on using a firewall router you need a DMZ or something like that, i am not really sure, it would be awsome if i could get some feedback from you guys

Anything that is routed with a firewall as a DMZ is basically a server on a switch (all holes punched). What you may have heard is a consumer based router/firewall (nat) like a LinkSys or Netgear, certainly not suggested for a professional web server.

Is this server a private server on your home/office network or a dedicated box in a DC?

The box i have in not in a nat or in a home, I have a T1 comming in and i have about 100 ip, right now i use PIX firewall coz the same T1 is being used office purposes like email and general browsing. Please let me know what should i do.

Thank you

Originally posted by cyberdude3k
The box i have in not in a nat or in a home, I have a T1 comming in and i have about 100 ip, right now i use PIX firewall coz the same T1 is being used office purposes like email and general browsing. Please let me know what should i do.Well, if you have a 500 series PIX you can micro-manage it by poking holes at it if you know what services you plan on serving. It will take time to properly nail it down (anything will). Don't know your budget but the Juniper Netscreen (500) sure is nice. SonicWall also makes outstanding products.

In the short term you can use the alias (dnat) command on the PIX.

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