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Larry is responsible for the company's network consisting of 300 workstations and 25 servers. After using a hosted email service for a year, the company wants to control the email internally. Larry likes this idea because it will give him more control over the email. Larry wants to purchase a server for email but does not want the server to be on the internal network due to the potential to cause security risks. He decides to place the server outside of the company's internal firewall. There is another firewall connected directly to the Internet that will protect traffic from accessing the email server. The server will be placed between the two firewalls. What logical area is Larry putting the new email server into?
Suggested Answer: A
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14 comments · newest first
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Rosalind
12 months ago
A hot-server zone? That doesn't sound right at all.
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Jennie
12 months ago
Definitely a DMZ setup, smart move for email control.
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Jarvis
12 months ago
Wait, isn't that risky? Why not just keep it behind the firewall?
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Cathrine
1 year ago
Totally agree, DMZ is the way to go!
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Youlanda
1 year ago
Sounds like he's putting it in a DMZ.
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Dexter
1 year ago
I think the Logical Buffer Zone is a term I came across, but it doesn't seem to fit here. DMZ seems like the most logical choice for Larry's email server setup.
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Ming
1 year ago
The hot-server zone sounds familiar, but I can't recall what it specifically refers to. I feel like it’s not the right answer for this scenario.
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Maxima
1 year ago
I'm not entirely sure, but I think the IPsec zone is more about secure connections rather than where the server is physically located.
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Aileen
1 year ago
I remember studying about DMZs and how they act as a buffer between the internal network and the internet. I think Larry is definitely placing the server in a DMZ.
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Nickole
1 year ago
This is a tricky one. I remember learning about the FASB conceptual framework, but the details are a bit fuzzy. I'll try to eliminate the options that don't seem to fit and see if I can narrow it down.
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Meghann
1 year ago
Wait, I'm confused. Would the patient index also work for finding cancer cases?
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Kristine
1 year ago
I'm leaning toward option A as well, but there could be nuances with apparent authority that I'm a bit unclear on.
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Rusty
1 year ago
This seems straightforward - the client needs to store electronic health records, so the answer must be HIPAA compliance.
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Kanisha
1 year ago
Okay, let's see. The policy services persona likely needs the most storage to handle all the policy configurations and logs. I'm going with A.