Webserver setup

Felix · 27 Sep 2009 at 22:01

I am looking at installing a web server for work. It will be running w2003 ent edition. Currently our website is hosted externally but we are bringing it in house and having it located on site.

Now to avoid external visitor traffic going though a LAN switch I had thought of putting the server on the DMZ. However the internal users will still use the web server from within the site and therefore to avoid having to go out onto the internet and then back in to the webserver I thought I could multi home the server. 1 Nic for the DMZ (with an external address) and 1 NIC (with an internal address) for the internal traffic.

Has anyone done this? My main concern is the security and being w2003 its not the best for starters!

Felix · 27 Sep 2009 at 22:06

Management decision!

Edit: I think it also down to them wanting to setup a sharepoint server and having that in house too.

Felix · 28 Sep 2009 at 20:19

Thanks for the replies, you have cemented my concerns!

We have around 20 other servers so bringing 1 in house shouldn't be an issue for patching or UPS. Our internet connection is flawless too.

Felix · 28 Sep 2009 at 20:44

I was pushing for it to be hosted in a datacenter but they wouldn't have it. We have the spare hardware so they werent keen on spending anymore. Also, our website isn't critical for our line of business.

We also had our ISP in the other day and they are drawing up recovery plans in the event of the line going down.

Though it doesn't make such difference we have a LAN Extension Service line rather than ADSL.