Your senior network architect suddenly left the company that you work for, and you are left alone with your manager and 3 help desk support staff who you are not too familiar with the network operation of the organization. You had just started with the company a week prior to her departure, and as a result, you did not have enough time to learn the environment with her. You heard your manager talking about the DMZ but you are not sure what it means and what its purpose is. You want to be ready to assist, so you are trying to write new terms down and research as soon as you can. He wants to deploy a new service in the DMZ, so you want to be ready.
- Research the meaning of the term DMZ, and discuss its purpose in a network.
- Provide an example of a DMZ.
- Do you think the deployment of a DMZ helps to improve security of the network?