Re: AD in the DMZ . . . OK?

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Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 14:13:12 +1000
To: <opium@runningriver.co.uk>, <security-basics@securityfocus.com>

Karl,
IMHO it's a big no no. Have yr servers as standalone with limited user accounts and info.

If that server is compromised it may be possible to elevate privileges and gain account info by interrogating AD.

cheers
Ivan

Ivan Coric, CISSP
IT Technical Security Officer
Information Technology
WorkCover Queensland
Ph: (07) 30066414 Fax: (07) 30066424
Email: ivan.coric@workcoverqld.com.au

>>> karl <opium@runningriver.co.uk> 07/28/04 08:49pm >>>
Hello

One of the developers I work with has come up with a wild and crazy
notion to write a .NET app that sits on a DMZ Web server but gets user
information from the Active Directory on the other side of the firewall..

I'm inexperienced with this, so did some research and found that this
kind of thing is possible (plenty of articles on putting Exchange
servers in the DMZ), but found myself wondering if this ever happens,
i.e. do people actually have their networks set up this way? Do folk
expose/replicate AD to the DMZ in practice?

It's all very well that this stuff is possible, but if it's perceived as
insecure and not implementable in the real world . . . . . . .

Thanks for any advice . . . . .

Karl

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