Separate Networks

A more extreme firewall implementation involves using separate networks. In essence, you have two packet filters and three separate, physical, networks: Inside, Inbetween (often known as Demilitarized Zone [DMZ]), and Outside (see Figure 11-1). There is a packet-filter firewall between Inside and Inbetween, and between Outside and the Internet. A nonrouting host,[6] known as a bastion host, is situated on Inbetween and Outside. This host mediates all interaction between Inside and the Internet. Inside can only talk to Inbetween, and the Internet can only talk to Outside.

Bastion host configuration
Figure 11-1. Bastion host configuration

[6] Nonrouting means that it won’t forward packets between its two networks. That is, it doesn’t act as a router.

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