.. a large hypothetical company in a hypothetical land on an imaginary
planet issued the following memo...
[begin hypothetical quote]
What is a Control Environment and DMZ?
Many of you have received a number of internal memos on the importance
of a "control environment." This environment encompasses all elements of
controlling business processes to assure integrity of our information
and protection of our financial, physical and intellectual assets.
In an effort to alleviate the potential risk of breaches to our network
from the Internet, an enhanced Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) is being
developed as part of our control environment. The DMZ enables a company
to offer secured services for a public Internet presence without
compromising it's internal network, data, servers and systems. One
component of a DMZ involves the use of firewalls that allow specific
communications protocols to pass through its ports.
As part of our DMZ control environment, all protocols utilized by
specific application software will be tested and certified.
How does Macromedia ColdFusion impact me?
Macromedia ColdFusion is a web application server and programming
framework that allows developers to create dynamic web-based
applications with database connectivity.
Although temporary use of Macromedia ColdFusion has been approved for
existing systems within the DMZ, it has been proven to be a less secure
environment under the companies protocol certification process.
Beginning immediately, all new application development will require the
use of certified software such as BroadVision. Pre-existing applications
developed using ColdFusion will also require migration to certified
development software by September 30, 2002.
[end quote]
.. a couple of comments/questions/thoughts for the list...
� Is this double-speak? Are they saying no CF for public consumption
(internet) or no CF at all?
� The so-called 'dmz' is a farm of unix boxes/firewalls/security
tools/etc.
� It strikes me that many people on this list building "business"
applications for "large" organizations... What kind of management edicts
are you dealing with, if any?
� Anyone working with BroadVision? Any truth to rumours of BroadVision
closing up shop?
Thanks, Mike
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