Is the Internet to the Left or to the Right of your Firewall?
Whenever I draw a diagram of the Internet connected via a firewall to a corporate network, I draw the Internet on the left and the corporate LAN on the right of the firewall. I've always pictured the Internet on the left, although many people do it in reverse.
Is there a correct or standard way of drawing such diagrams? Where do you put your Internet?
widhalmt wrote on 21-Oct-06 at 2:34 pm
Hm. I don't know, if there's a standard, but I draw the Internet on top of my diagram and the corporate LAN below.
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