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Hi nodisco<br />
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Thanks for the answer. I was just having a moment..... I was worried that their were special considerations for a DMZ network.<br />
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Thanks again for the advise<br />
<br />
Kevin
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Hi nodisco

Thanks for the answer. I was just having a moment..... I was worried that their were special considerations for a DMZ network.

Thanks again for the advise

Kevin

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Your welcome. &nbsp;Theres no harm in being careful ;-)
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Your welcome.  Theres no harm in being careful ;-)

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Hi Guys,<br />
<br />
I have asked &nbsp;a couple of questions this week about two PIX 515's (UR and FO) and failover config, which I have received good answers to.<br />
<br />
What I forgot to ask is is there any special considerations if I was going to have a DMZ, or would I just configure the DMZ interfaces the same way as the internal interfaces?<br />
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Both PIX's have six interfaces and I was going to have inside, outside, statefull, failover and DMZ. I take it I would give the DMZ interfaces different addresses and treat them the same as the inside confgi just with a lower security setting?<br />
<br />
Any pointers would be appreciated<br />
<br />
Thanks<br />
<br />
Kevin
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Hi Guys,

I have asked  a couple of questions this week about two PIX 515's (UR and FO) and failover config, which I have received good answers to.

What I forgot to ask is is there any special considerations if I was going to have a DMZ, or would I just configure the DMZ interfaces the same way as the internal interfaces?

Both PIX's have six interfaces and I was going to have inside, outside, statefull, failover and DMZ. I take it I would give the DMZ interfaces different addresses and treat them the same as the inside confgi just with a lower security setting?

Any pointers would be appreciated

Thanks

Kevin

PIX 515 failover pair and DMZ

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