
Table 1.6 Pros and Cons of Basic DMZ Designs
Basic Design Advantages Disadvantages Appropriate
Utilization
Single firewall Inexpensive, fairly Much lower Home, small
easy configuration, security office/home
low maintenance capabilities, no office (SOHO),
growth or small business
expansion potential without need to
provide services to
others
Single firewall Lower cost than Bastion host Small business
with bastion host more robust extremely without
alternatives vulnerable to resources for
compromise, more robust
inconvenient to implementation
update content, or static con-
loss of functionality tent being
other than for provided that
absolutely ...