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Subject: Re: Allow SSL through a firewall?
From: peter @ nmti . com (Peter da Silva)
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 16:34:08 -0600 (CST)
To: jclark @ picard . nib . com (Jay R. Clark)
Cc: dwl @ hnc . com, firewalls @ GreatCircle . COM
In-reply-to: <Pine . LNX . 3 . 91 . 960112105751 . 6501A-100000 @ picard . nib . com> from "Jay R. Clark" at Jan 12, 96 11:02:04 am

> In our case we accumulate data from callers for our clients, the data is 
> confidential/propriatary, if we leave it out on the sacrificial machine 
> we run the risk of letting 4th parties obtain it and create one hella 
> liablility problem for ourselfs and for our clients.

On the other hand, a web server is a helluva complex thing to have behind the
firewall. What if someone compromises it (and I've seen some pretty horrible
holes in CGI scripts!)???

Best would be to put it on a separate firewalled subnet off your lobby, so
if someone breaks it they don't get carte blanche on your internal net.


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