System Deployment

Network Security in Rules Palette Environment

When using the Rules Palette on a network, there are many security issues to take into consideration, especially the use of firewall and VPN technologies. A firewall will permit or deny network permissions based on configured rules, to protect the internal network from unauthorized access, while permitting legitimate communications. Firewalls perform the following functions in a typical environment:

This application has three components:

It is highly recommended that users access the application from within the company network, secured behind the outside firewall. Virtual Private Network (VPN) technology should be used to provide remote employees with access to the application. A VPN tunnels outside traffic through the firewall, placing outside clients virtually inside the firewall.

Figure 1. Firewalls in the application environment

A typical application environment usually has the following security zones:

If the Rules Palette application must be used outside of the firewall, several ports need to be opened in the firewall. Ports for the Web Application Utility, the associated OIPA application, and both the application and IVS databases need to be opened. All of these are defined during setup of the environment.

 

 

 

 

 

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