Jeff,
The Perimeter Server in GIS allows a secure means of communicating between GIS and external partners outside your company. The typical use for the Perimeter Server is in the DMZ between your external and internal firewalls. The biggest advantages of the Perimeter Server are: 1. Use of a proprietary communications protocol to talk to GIS through the internal firewall. 2. The communications between GIS and the Perimeter Server is initiated by GIS from the secure side of the internal firewall. 3. Limiting of the amount of exposure you have through the external firewall since the Perimeter Server handles most of the protocols you would be using with your external partners (HTTP, HTTP/S, FTP, FTP/S, SFTP, and SMTP) through the single port you have open for the Perimeter Server in the external firewall. 4. All the configuration information for the Perimeter Server is maintained in GIS behind both firewalls. With the old HTTP Server adapter, you actually had some configuration information residing in the DMZ. GIS 4.0 actually uses an instance of the Perimeter Server locally to serve communications internally with your GIS users. You can install the Perimeter Server at a later time. Regards, Richard McGinnis Home: 209-874-2019 Charter: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hotmail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo ID: ricmac1264 "Ventis secundis, tene cursum" _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff Garwick Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 9:10 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] Subject: RE: [EDI-L] GIS perimeter services If you don't initially install perimeter services at the time of the GIS implementation can you go back later and do it? _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff Garwick Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 9:07 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] Subject: [EDI-L] GIS perimeter services Can anyone explain the simple advantages or disadvantages of GIS 4.0 perimeter services? Do you need to install this? From what I understand, in order to do this, your company actually needs to have two firewalls already in place (external & internal), and the perimeter services function resides within the DMZ, correct? Thanks! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] . Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Access the list online at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L> _____ YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS * Visit your group "EDI-L <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L> " on the web. * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> . _____ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] . Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Access the list online at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L _____ YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS * Visit your group "EDI-L <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L> " on the web. * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> Terms of Service. _____ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Most low income households are not online. Help bridge the digital divide today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/I258zB/QnQLAA/TtwFAA/OIFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> . Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Access the list online at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
