Example IDMZ broker-service solutions
In the following sections, we will look at four specific IDMZ broker-service solutions. We will discuss their enterprise, IDMZ, and industrial components, as well as seeing how things tie together, and we will briefly touch on proper installation and configuration.
Remote access to industrial control system applications and devices
The first—and probably most common—broker-service scenario we will discuss is remote interactive access to the industrial network. Every IDMZ implementation I have done to date has had a remote interactive access solution as part of the design.
A remote access solution is used to allow enterprise virtual private network (VPN) users or vendors to access resources on the industrial network remotely and securely.
Design
The design of the IDMZ remote access broker-service solution is built around Microsoft's RDP. The RDP is a Microsoft proprietary protocol that provides a user with the...