Example: medium-scale IPS installation
The following is an example of a medium-scale installation with an IPS Cluster.
The example company’s branch office at Munich has a moderate number of end-user clients. Some services are only offered at the London headquarters and used remotely through a VPN. There are still many local servers, but mostly for internal and partner use. Also, there are some administrators at this location who are responsible for the:
- Daily upkeep of the office infrastructure
- Small satellite office in Vienna
Figure: Large branch office in Munich
In this case, the company has made the following decisions:
- Because there are administrators who browse logs extensively at this site, there is a dedicated Log Server here.
- One IDS is installed to inspect the network traffic in a DMZ that supports partner access.
- The IPS Cluster is placed in a dedicated DMZ for security.