An
inverted network design employs the philosophy that that security should be focused at the core of the network rather than on the perimeter (where
firewalls,
anti-virus and i
intrusion detection systems would typically sit). Recognizing the increasingly threats to the enterprise network come from with, even internal
LANs — and every component connected to it — are considered “dirty.” For example, in an inverted network,
VPN connections would be established from the desktop to the server.