topic Firewall Location in Network Security https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/firewall-location/m-p/1828081#M489648 <P>Hello all,</P><P></P><P>I am planning to integrate a Cisco 2621 (I know it's an older router) into our network alongside a Fortigate 60 firewall. The question I'm stumbling on is where to place the firewall - in front of the router or behind it? I figure that if I placed the firewall behind the router it would be more vulnerable to all sorts of attacks - DoS, etc., but from what I've read online, this seems to be the preferred topology.</P><P></P><P>I'm unsure of where the best place to put the firewall is. Perhaps someone could enlighten me?</P><P></P><P>Thank you!</P> Mon, 11 Mar 2019 22:08:54 GMT clippycom 2019-03-11T22:08:54Z Firewall Location https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/firewall-location/m-p/1828081#M489648 <P>Hello all,</P><P></P><P>I am planning to integrate a Cisco 2621 (I know it's an older router) into our network alongside a Fortigate 60 firewall. The question I'm stumbling on is where to place the firewall - in front of the router or behind it? I figure that if I placed the firewall behind the router it would be more vulnerable to all sorts of attacks - DoS, etc., but from what I've read online, this seems to be the preferred topology.</P><P></P><P>I'm unsure of where the best place to put the firewall is. Perhaps someone could enlighten me?</P><P></P><P>Thank you!</P> Mon, 11 Mar 2019 22:08:54 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/firewall-location/m-p/1828081#M489648 clippycom 2019-03-11T22:08:54Z Firewall Location https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/firewall-location/m-p/1828082#M489654 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>A typical placement is in front of firewall to perform any "advanced" routing functions.</P><P>But the end placement will depend on what you will need each of the devices to do <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":winking_face:">😉</span></P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 01 Jan 2012 14:54:13 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/firewall-location/m-p/1828082#M489654 Marcin Latosiewicz 2012-01-01T14:54:13Z