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A function that is often combined with a firewall is a proxy server. There are times that you may want remote users to have access to items on your network. Some examples are:

In cases like this, you may want to create a DMZ (Demilitarised Zone). Although this sounds pretty serious, it really is just an area that is outside the firewall. Think of DMZ as the front yard of your house. It belongs to you and you may put some things there, but you would put anything valuable inside the house where it can be properly secured.

Setting up a DMZ is very easy. If you have multiple computers, you can choose to simply place one of the computers between the Internet connection and the firewall. Most of the software firewalls available will allow you to designate a directory on the gateway computer as a DMZ.



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