DMZ / Firewall question

From: "Mike Lloyd-Jones" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 09:00:28 -0000

Hi
Not strictly related to XP, but maybe someone can help ?

Have a Netgear DSL modem/router with a DMZ port.
LAN side of the router has a number of XP PCs.
We want to connect a PC to the router so it is publicly accessible to the
Internet for customers to download files.

Guess we have 2 options:

1) Port forwarding to allow FTP or whatever through, directed to that PC.
Problem here is that since the PC is still connected to the LAN this opens
up a potential security risk to the rest of the network

2) Connect the PC to the DMZ port on the router. This keeps it secure, but
we still need to be able to copy files to this from the LAN side (for
customers to download). Can a route generally be configured from the LAN to
the DMZ which is "one-way" so that we can copy files up to DMZ computer but
no access the other way?

Probably a really dumb question, but be grateful for any input !

Thanks

.

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