I've always preferred the term demarcation zone. "Demilitarized zone" is 
ambiguous.
-
Martin

Herbert Graf wrote:
>
>
> DMZ (stands for demilitarized zone) is a feature that basically forwards
> ANY incoming port connections on the WAN to the IP you designate as DMZ.
>
> Generally this feature is used for cases where you have a "web server"
> but want to share the internet connection with a LAN as well.
>
> I personally don't like using DMZ since you have to be far more careful
> about what machine you put in the DMZ. For all intents and purposes that
> machine is connected directly to the live internet, meaning allot of
> people will be trying every way possible to breach your machine.
>
> It is the "easiest" solution though, and for some apps the only
> solution.
>
> TTYL
>   

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