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Additional<br />

<strong>Sidewinder</strong> <strong>G2</strong><br />

operating<br />

characteristics<br />

Figure 1-4. Multiple Type<br />

Enforced areas (burbs)<br />

on <strong>Sidewinder</strong> <strong>G2</strong><br />

Additional <strong>Sidewinder</strong> <strong>G2</strong> operating characteristics<br />

This section lists additional significant differences between <strong>Sidewinder</strong><br />

<strong>G2</strong> and a standard UNIX system.<br />

Burbs and network stack separation<br />

While installing or managing the <strong>Sidewinder</strong> <strong>G2</strong>, you will notice the<br />

use <strong>of</strong> the term "burb." Burb is a term that refers to a set <strong>of</strong> one or<br />

more interfaces that are to be treated the same from a system security<br />

policy point <strong>of</strong> view. Each burb has a unique name (for example,<br />

internal, external) that you assign during initial configuration.<br />

As an example <strong>of</strong> how burbs are used, suppose your organization has<br />

two internal (protected) networks that need to be connected to the<br />

external network (Internet), but the corporate security policy requires<br />

that there be limited or no information flow between the two internal<br />

networks. In this scenario, you would configure three burbs for your<br />

<strong>Sidewinder</strong> <strong>G2</strong>, as shown in Figure 1-4. The security policy must be<br />

defined to enforce the required control over information flow<br />

between the two internal security burbs and between the external<br />

burb and the individual internal burbs, while also protecting the<br />

internal burbs from unauthorized access from the Internet.<br />

trusted networks<br />

<strong>Sidewinder</strong> <strong>G2</strong><br />

showing Type<br />

Enforced network<br />

areas (burbs)<br />

R<br />

router<br />

Internet<br />

Introduction 1-9

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