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While reviewing other Technical Blogs this morning I came across an entry by Dr. Thomas Shinder who identified the online version of the ISA Operations Guide. It turns out I was researching a 'general purpose' operations guide for several clients focused on ISA 2006 EE, so the timing was terrific...
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Jim Harrison of the ISA Sustained Engineering Team (now Forefront Edge) has offered some interesting details of ISA 2006 Service Pack 1 (ISA2k6 SP1). You can read these details in the ISA Team Blog . For those of you who Publish Exchange 2007 through ISA2k6 EE you will find a number of these 'improvements...
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If you have wrestled with Outlook AnyWhere (RPC over HTTP or RPC over HTTPS rather!) suddenly stopping after applying a Software Update on your ISA2k6 Configuration titled 'Update for Publishing Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 for ISA Server 2006' you will find a fix for this problem at the link that...
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When using Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2006 (ISA2k6) Standard Edition at the Perimeter of your Network in the Web Caching (sometimes referred to as Forward Caching) Role occasionally it is necessary to view, remove or validate specific Web Site URL Content within the ISA2k6 Cache. The ISA2k6...
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If you have ever been searching for the detail on a specific ISA Server 2006 Events and wondered if there is a a 'master list' of Events - here's your answer! This Help File (.chm File Format) lists most of the ISA Server 2006 Events noted in the various Log Files generated by ISA2k6! ISA Server 2006...
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The Microsoft ISA2k6 Team has released a useful Supportability Update for ISA Server (both ISA2k4 and ISA2k6). You can download this Update here: Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2006 Supportability Update There are number of valuable Options this Supportability Update offers...
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The ISA2k6 (and ISA2k4) version of the Firewall Client is available from the Microsoft Download Site. The download indicates V3442.654 from 10-4-2007 and supports both 32-Bit and 64-Bit Clients. Firewall Client for ISA Server Lynn Lunik Independent Security Consultant Windows(R) Platform IT Pro Secure...
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Here's some of the Vendors currently offering IAG 2007 in the North American Marketplace. Network Engines - Intelligent Application Gateway Appliances Celestic - Intelligent Application Gateway Appliances Lynn Lunik Independent Security Consultant Windows(R) Platform IT Pro Secure Corporation blog <at>...
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If you haven't taken a look at any of the details around the Microsoft purchase of Whale Communications SSL VPN technology here is a good start. TechNet Webcast: How to Define and Configure Endpoint Security Policies with the Intelligent Application Gateway (Level 300) Here are some additional links...
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If you are new to Exchange 2007 or new to ISA 2006 this document will be of value. The use of an Application Layer Firewall between Source (Clients on the Internet) and Target (Outlook Web Access Servers) provides the ability to separate the SSL Encryption/Decryption and Payload Inspection functions...
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As you interact with the ISA 2006 Rules more you realize understanding the ISA 2006 System Policies and Monitoring the Health and Performance of each respective Server go hand-in-hand. In this Blog entry I review a Manual Installation of the MOM 2005 SP1 Agent on an ISA 2006 SE Server. These entries...
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It's important to realize that when using Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2006 as an Application Layer Firewall you can rely on MOM 2005 SP1 to offer valuable Alerting, Monitoring and Event Response capabilities. In this Blog entry I review the installation steps for the ISA 2006 Management...
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When you consider how an Application Layer Firewall like ISA 2006 receives 'basic configuration rules and permissions' you are addressing what Microsoft terms the ISA 2006 'System Policies'. Here is the Reference Definition for System Policy in ISA 2006. System Policy in ISA 2006 Lynn Lunik Independent...
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When you consider adding Network Interfaces to any Firewall Device it's important to understand the base architecture offered by the organization writing the Software and designing the Hardware of that Firewall Device. Here is a good reference for the Network Concepts as defined for Internet Security...