--- Apollo at Carmel Music & Entertainment <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I thinking about consolidating my two servers into > one. Right now I have > separate server for my Apache/RealMedia server and > separate server for > Samba/MySQL for internal use. > Would you consolidate these two into one? > My perimeter is guarded by a custom firewall > machine. > Any vulnerability on the webserver may give access to the db server. Consider principle of 'layered defence', and as previously mentioned, only exposing to the Internet what is required - WebServer - and thus in a DMZ. All other devices would be behind another firewall. In fact, if your db is only required to be accessed from 'the office,' then the db server does not have to have an Internet connection. As far as maintenance, your better off with separate boxes. kate __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
