I did it for a little while and it worked fine. I have a Gb backbone which helped tremendously. I personally wouldn't run _anything_ on a (perimeter) firewall that didn't need to be there, especially a server service. Can't answer #3 about publishing, have never published SQL server with ISA. -Shawn ----- Shawn R. Quillman Robert Bosch Corporation RBNA/CIT1.1 38000 Hills Tech Drive Farmington Hills, MI 48331 (248) 553-1164 (P) (248) 848-2855 (F) shawn.quillman@xxxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: William Robertson [mailto:robertson.william@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 5:12 AM To: [ISAserver.org Discussion List] Subject: [isalist] How BAD is SQL on ISA? http://www.ISAserver.org Hi there I live in a principle of least privileges and so I do not install anything on my ISA Server which is not absolutely CRUCIAL to the survival of my Firewalling Strategy. However, I have been considering the option to start logging all ISA requests to a SQL Database as opposed to flat files which is currently the default logging method. If I was to do this then I would like to keep the ISA Firewall independant of any other server and as a result I would need to install SQL Server onto my ISA Firewall. What I would like to know is this: 1) Is it at all a good idea to install a product such as SQL Server onto my ISA Firewall? 2) How robust is ISA when it comes to logging to a SQL Database as opposed to the flat files? 3) How will it impact any Server Publishing rules that I have already created on port 1433 (SQL Server)? Cheers William R. ------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------ Exchange Server Resource Site: http://www.msexchange.org/ Windows Security Resource Site: http://www.windowsecurity.com/ Windows 2000/NT Fax Solutions: http://www.ntfaxfaq.com ------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to this ISAserver.org Discussion List as: shawn.quillman@xxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send a blank email to $subst('Email.Unsub')