When an HTTP request is made, something must be returned, or a timeout error message or a can not find server error message. John Tolmachoff Engineer/Consultant/Owner eServices For You > -----Original Message----- > From: SteveC [mailto:SteveC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 9:49 AM > To: [ISAserver.org Discussion List] > Subject: [isalist] True Web Publishing Discard? > > http://www.ISAserver.org > > > ISA 2000 - > > I have a web publishing rule set to "deny" certain IP number ranges and > redirect to a web site that has an empty HTML page. That works as expected. > > I recently changed the rule to "discard". But instead of ignoring the > traffic, ISA displays a "I don't like you" page. That doesn't exactly > seem like discarding to me... > > So then I changed the "deny" rule back to the empty web site, and then > stopped that web site. Now I get an "{Invalid Hostname)" message when I > try to hit the site from a bad IP range. Again, that's not ignoring. > > Did I miss something, is there another way to get ISA to truly > ignore/discard web traffic? I think that If I can make it look like the > site is not there to bad guys, then hopefully they will just move on - but > ISA is giving up too much info. > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=isalist > ISA Server Newsletter: http://www.isaserver.org/pages/newsletter.asp > ISA Server FAQ: http://www.isaserver.org/pages/larticle.asp?type=FAQ > ------------------------------------------------------ > Other Internet Software Marketing Sites: > World of Windows Networking: http://www.windowsnetworking.com > Leading Network Software Directory: http://www.serverfiles.com > No.1 Exchange Server Resource Site: http://www.msexchange.org > Windows Security Resource Site: http://www.windowsecurity.com/ > Network Security Library: http://www.secinf.net/ > Windows 2000/NT Fax Solutions: http://www.ntfaxfaq.com > ------------------------------------------------------ > You are currently subscribed to this ISAserver.org Discussion List as: > johnlist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe visit http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=isalist