hot apples ________________________________ From: Steve Moffat [mailto:steve@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 12:15 PM To: [ISAserver.org Discussion List] Subject: [isalist] RE: Add these to your "must do" for your ISA http://www.ISAserver.org Cool banana's...:>)) ________________________________ From: Jim Harrison [mailto:Jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2005 8:36 PM To: ISA Mailing List Subject: [isalist] Add these to your "must do" for your ISA http://www.ISAserver.org It may have gone overlooked in the general melee of postings, but I had posted these before and thought them worth reiterating... - Tired of the ISA sending NetBT broadcasts when DNS lookups fail? This setting: HKLM\SystemCurrentControlSet\Services\NetBT\Parameters NodeType, DWORD, 0x2 ..will cure that. By setting this to a value of 2, You're telling Windows to limit its name lookup efforts to defined DNS and WINS servers. As a result, Windows will no longer wait for NetBT broadcasts to fail before reporting a name lookup failure. Can you say "faster lookup responses and therefore faster connections (or failures)", boys and girls? - MS05-019 fixed an ICMP MTU vulnerability that existed in Windows. Because the ISA team was aware of this issue before ISA 2004 shipped, they opted to give you a "safe by default" configuration since they had no idea if or when the Windows issue might be fixed. Unfortunately, it also has the unfortunate side effect of limiting Windows to 576-byte packets on all interfaces, reducing network efficiency This setting: HKLM\SystemCurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters EnablePMTUDiscovery, DWORD, 0x0 ..is what the ISA installer creates. This setting: HKLM\SystemCurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters EnablePMTUDiscovery, DWORD, 0x1 ..is what will remove this protection (or you can delete the "EnablePMTUDiscovery" value). Both settings require a machine reboot to take effect. Both settings will clean up your network traffic a bit. Have fun! ------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------ Visit TechGenix.com for more information about our other sites: http://www.techgenix.com ------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to this ISAserver.org Discussion List as: isalist@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe visit http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=isalist Report abuse to listadmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx All mail to and from this domain is GFI-scanned. ------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------ Visit TechGenix.com for more information about our other sites: http://www.techgenix.com ------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to this ISAserver.org Discussion List as: greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe visit http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=isalist Report abuse to listadmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ________________________________ The correct technical term for haggis stalking is "havering". <http://haggishunt.scotsman.com/haggisclopedia.cfm?part=5> ________________________________