Secure Service Network
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In computer security
, a Secure Service Network (SSN) is sometimes referred as DMZ (demilitarized zone
), but the term SSN is less ambiguous.
Machines offering services should be placed in a network separated from the external and the internal network, behind Firewall/IPS. This makes the SSN a very "Militarized" network.
Machines placed in internal or external networks should reach the servers in the SSN. But servers placed on the SSN should not reach the internal network. This protects the internal network in case intruders compromise a server in the SSN.
Computer security
Computer security is a branch of computer technology known as information security as applied to computers and networks. The objective of computer security includes protection of information and property from theft, corruption, or natural disaster, while allowing the information and property to...
, a Secure Service Network (SSN) is sometimes referred as DMZ (demilitarized zone
Demilitarized zone (computing)
In computer security, a DMZ is a physical or logical subnetwork that contains and exposes an organization's external services to a larger untrusted network, usually the Internet...
), but the term SSN is less ambiguous.
Machines offering services should be placed in a network separated from the external and the internal network, behind Firewall/IPS. This makes the SSN a very "Militarized" network.
Machines placed in internal or external networks should reach the servers in the SSN. But servers placed on the SSN should not reach the internal network. This protects the internal network in case intruders compromise a server in the SSN.