topic Re: Regarding access between two sites in Firewall and Security Management

Regarding access between two sites

Satyam1 — Sat, 22 Jan 2022 16:31:39 GMT

Hi Guys,

I need help regarding access to the Web Server.

Firstly, please refer to the image I have attached.

Our company has 2 different sites. Site A has a Web Server with two different Websites hosted (let's say xxx.com and zzz.com) and our employees from site B connect to this web server.

What we want is if User1 from SiteB connects to our Web Server then he should get xxx.com and if User2 connects he should get zzz.com.

Is this possible only with Firewalls? If yes, Please guide how can I achieve this.

Re: Regarding access between two sites

the_rock — Sat, 22 Jan 2022 21:52:49 GMT

Well, this should not matter as far as say how sites are configured, but it would definitely be controlled as per policy itself.

Re: Regarding access between two sites

Chris_Atkinson — Sun, 23 Jan 2022 05:01:57 GMT

Why wouldn't this work based solely on DNS or are they both browsing to the same URL / domain name?

Re: Regarding access between two sites

Satyam1 — Sun, 23 Jan 2022 06:44:02 GMT

Hi,

Can you guide a little bit more on how I can achieve this?

Re: Regarding access between two sites

Satyam1 — Sun, 23 Jan 2022 06:45:18 GMT

They are accessing the same server but the applications in the web server allow access of contents based on the IP.

Re: Regarding access between two sites

Chris_Atkinson — Sun, 23 Jan 2022 09:35:12 GMT

VPN or NAT are the options you have here.

VPN will facilitate routing based on the real origin IPs

Hide-NAT is an option only if you have additional public IPs to leverage.

Re: Regarding access between two sites

the_rock — Sun, 23 Jan 2022 12:43:39 GMT

As Chris said, vpn and nat are your best options, for sure.

Re: Regarding access between two sites

Satyam1 — Sun, 23 Jan 2022 13:06:42 GMT

Hi Chris,

Which option will be best, site 2 site or Remote access ?

I am new to firewalls, still learning.

Re: Regarding access between two sites

the_rock — Sun, 23 Jan 2022 13:09:24 GMT

In your case most likely site to site VPN. Client to site would work best say if you have a user sitting at home or connecting from outside to access resources behind your firewall, but if these are 2 separate locations with firewalls, sounds like S2S would make sense.