Hey Guys, I am new here but not necessarily new with the security...had been interested with it since an year ( And you call not new ..eh!). I am just introducing myself with a question :

I am a 18 year old guy 4m India ( Uh! another INdian......they come everywhere!) and am at home with much of the stuff spoken here MINUS some Abbreviations whgose expanded forms are not with me! Since I dont know as much as othe senior members do, I shall be regularly seekin help from you guys...Hope you hel;p me out!

So Just sometime ago, I was reading about a DMZ ( de-militarised ZONE). I have heard of this term a number of times before but never got time or probably wasnt interested enough to get something in detail about the stuff!

Can anyone of you give me an explanation of what DMZ is (if possible with links)?

Please dont tell me to search on google, I tried it and got results on its usage even after changing keywords for 4-5 times.

I also see a native relevance of Linux and DMZ? Is it solely related to Linux networks?

~Jockey