DMZ help?

So, exploring a network with Nmap, and I was just wondering: Is there some for-sure way to check what is in and what isn't in a DMZ? The only thing I can think of is guessing o-o

Thanks.

Keep guessing

I can't stand networking. Took a couple of courses in University and it's boring as. Is the premise of a DMZ one that if you were to gain access to a web server (or any external server i.e. FTP, DNS, etc.), as an additional layer of protection you shouldn't be able to use that to access the internal network?

Artificial wrote:

Took a couple of courses in University and it's boring as.

Go on .

The Unintelligible wrote:

Go on .

Well I really only took introductory networking courses. They're more used to give you a taste before declaring your major. It was just really boring. It honestly felt like being a tradie in the IT industry: it didn't really take much brains (i.e. there was no real ingenuity required), you just had to memorise a lot. My degree is broken up in to four majors: Software development, Project Management, Networking and Data Mining (maths/statistical major). Those who are actually interested in IT never major in Project Management, and it then appears that those who can't easily pass the other two majors just default to networking. You get a lot of people coming from TAFEs in to the networking course who aren't the brightest kids. I don't mean to sound arrogant/prejudice, but it's just not a stimulating environment. Don't get me wrong, I actually really enjoyed reading through some of those networking textbooks, but the way it's structured in Uni is just boring.

I'm sure it would be more stimulating when you get on to some of the more advanced courses.