RE: ISA Server is not a Firewall !!! http://www.kbalertz.com/Feedback_832659.aspx

  • From: "Jim Harrison" <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "[ISAserver.org Discussion List]" <isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 7 May 2004 14:36:35 -0700

<spank>
ooh; <spankspankspank>

 Jim Harrison
 MCP(NT4, W2K), A+, Network+, PCG
 http://www.microsoft.com/isaserver
 http://isaserver.org/Jim_Harrison
 http://isatools.org

 Read the help, books and articles!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Thor" <thor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "[ISAserver.org Discussion List]" <isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 14:30
Subject: [isalist] RE: ISA Server is not a Firewall !!! 
http://www.kbalertz.com/Feedback_832659.aspx


http://www.ISAserver.org

What about me?  Don't I get a spank on the pee pee too?  I'm not even an
employee of Microsoft!

t

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jay" <jschwarzkopf@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "[ISAserver.org Discussion List]" <isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 12:23 PM
Subject: [isalist] RE: ISA Server is not a Firewall !!!
http://www.kbalertz.com/Feedback_832659.aspx


> http://www.ISAserver.org
>
> Wow, since when is an unadulterated, exact, direct copy of a quote, a
> 'misquote'?
>
> As for poorly articulating my point - I didn't resort to personal insults
> (which you obviously can not avoid).  Nor did I disparage other firewall
> products ('Pixie, Crisco, and Netscream' - and no that is not a misquote
> either).
>
> ISA is a decent firewall product.  So are Pix, Cisco routers, and even
> Sonicwall (which does not have the ISA "design goal" of supporting only a
> single wan interface - yes it supports multiple external links).
>
> Jim, I respect your knowledge of this product.  I also understand that as
an
> employee of Microsoft, you have to be a bit biased.  But when you start
> personally attacking newsgroup members, you do the group and yourself a
> disservice.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jim Harrison" <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "[ISAserver.org Discussion List]" <isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 2:15 PM
> Subject: [isalist] RE: ISA Server is not a Firewall !!!
> http://www.kbalertz.com/Feedback_832659.aspx
>
>
> > http://www.ISAserver.org
> >
> > No, I mean design specs.  ISA was specifically designed to limit the
> external side to a single interface.
> > When you're ready to learn about how ISA is designed, come back to
class;
> but please sit in the back as you're disturbing the rest
> > of the students.
> >
> > Also, the correct phrase is "misquote".
> > There's nothing in my response that hints at anything you're poorly
> articulating.
> >
> >  Jim Harrison
> >  MCP(NT4, W2K), A+, Network+, PCG
> >  http://www.microsoft.com/isaserver
> >  http://isaserver.org/Jim_Harrison
> >  http://isatools.org
> >
> >  Read the help, books and articles!
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Jay" <jschwarzkopf@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: "[ISAserver.org Discussion List]" <isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 10:39
> > Subject: [isalist] RE: ISA Server is not a Firewall !!!
> http://www.kbalertz.com/Feedback_832659.aspx
> >
> >
> > http://www.ISAserver.org
> >
> > You mean design limitation.
> >
> > And hardly bitchin.  I was just quoting you:
> >
>
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&threadm=O2WkOL%23VBHA.1916%40tkmsftngp03&rnum=3&prev=/groups%3Fq%3D%2522ip%2Bspoof%2Bdetection%2522%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8%26selm%3DO2WkOL%2523VBHA.1916%2540tkmsftngp03%26rnum%3D3
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Jim Harrison" <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: "[ISAserver.org Discussion List]" <isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 11:36 AM
> > Subject: [isalist] RE: ISA Server is not a Firewall !!!
> > http://www.kbalertz.com/Feedback_832659.aspx
> >
> >
> > > http://www.ISAserver.org
> > >
> > > The alternative is to use the product within its design specs.
> > > Anything else you do gets you less functionality and protection.
> > >
> > > ISA does not support multiple public interfaces.  This was (and still
> is)
> > a design decision.
> > > I expect full routing functionality from a firewall the same way I
> expect
> > full firewall functionality from a router.
> > >
> > > Use each device within its design goals and quicherbitchin...
> > >
> > >  Jim Harrison
> > >  MCP(NT4, W2K), A+, Network+, PCG
> > >  http://www.microsoft.com/isaserver
> > >  http://isaserver.org/Jim_Harrison
> > >  http://isatools.org
> > >
> > >  Read the help, books and articles!
> > > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > > From: "Jay" <jschwarzkopf@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > To: "[ISAserver.org Discussion List]" <isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 08:10
> > > Subject: [isalist] RE: ISA Server is not a Firewall !!!
> > http://www.kbalertz.com/Feedback_832659.aspx
> > >
> > >
> > > http://www.ISAserver.org
> > >
> > > "The only workaround I've heard of is to disable IP spoof detection
and
> > this
> > > affects the whole ISA, not just that one interface.  Needless to say,
> > that's
> > > not a good alternative for me or anyone else that's tried it."
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > > From: "Jim Harrison" <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > To: "[ISAserver.org Discussion List]" <isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 10:54 AM
> > > Subject: [isalist] RE: ISA Server is not a Firewall !!!
> > > http://www.kbalertz.com/Feedback_832659.aspx
> > >
> > >
> > > > http://www.ISAserver.org
> > > >
> > > > A good firewall must include good router functionality in the same
way
> a
> > > fish must include a PDA.
> > > > This article and issue arises because folks choose to use a product
> > > outside of its design goals.
> > > >
> > > > You can scream in email all day long; it doesn't make you sound any
> more
> > > believable.
> > > >
> > > > Disabling an alert does not stop the blocking action, just the
alerts
> > that
> > > get generated from it.
> > > > Learn to read what's written; not what you choose to make of it.
> > > >
> > > >  Jim Harrison
> > > >  MCP(NT4, W2K), A+, Network+, PCG
> > > >  http://www.microsoft.com/isaserver
> > > >  http://isaserver.org/Jim_Harrison
> > > >  http://isatools.org
> > > >
> > > >  Read the help, books and articles!
> > > > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > > > From: "Idan Plotnik" <idan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > To: "[ISAserver.org Discussion List]" <isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 04:45
> > > > Subject: [isalist] RE: ISA Server is not a Firewall !!!
> > > http://www.kbalertz.com/Feedback_832659.aspx
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > http://www.ISAserver.org
> > > >
> > > > Hi Thomas,
> > > >
> > > > Yesterday I came back from TechEd in Israel, I believe in the way
> > > > Microsoft works and I am working a lot with Microsoft products, in
> > > > additional I am doing some works for Microsoft, but this issue is
not
> > > > relevant to my work, I mean that this kind of Bugs must be discover
> > > > before the product is going in to the market and not after 2 or 3
> > > > years!!! Don't you agree with me? Tell me something else, do you
think
> > > > it reasonable to disable the IP Spoof Detection option on a
> > > > FIREWALL???!!!!???!!!! To enable another function to work
properly????
> > > >
> > > > And by the way!!! A good Firewall must include a good router
> > > > functions!!! It's not a separate function, When I read your line
"but
> > > > since you've confused firewalls with routers" I laugh because it's
not
> a
> > > > good way of thinking!!! There are a lot of people that thinks that
> > > > Firewall just blocks ports or protocols and it's not true
> > > >
> > > > Thanks and have a good day.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Thomas W Shinder [mailto:tshinder@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> > > > Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 1:00 PM
> > > > To: [ISAserver.org Discussion List]
> > > > Subject: [isalist] RE: ISA Server is not a Firewall !!!
> > > > http://www.kbalertz.com/Feedback_832659.aspx
> > > >
> > > > http://www.ISAserver.org
> > > >
> > > > Hi Idan,
> > > >
> > > > It's a good thing no other firewalls have any issues :-\
> > > >
> > > > This is the first time I've done this on this list, but since you've
> > > > confused firewalls with routers, I have to say PLONK.
> > > >
> > > > HTH,
> > > > Tom
> > > >
> > > > Thomas W Shinder
> > > > www.isaserver.org/shinder
> > > > ISA 2004 Beta - Get it now!
> > > > http://www.microsoft.com/isaserver/beta/default.asp
> > > > ISA Server and Beyond: http://tinyurl.com/1jq1 Configuring ISA
Server:
> > > > http://tinyurl.com/1llp
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Idan Plotnik [mailto:idan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > > > Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 5:57 AM
> > > > To: [ISAserver.org Discussion List]
> > > > Subject: [isalist] ISA Server is not a Firewall !!!
> > > > http://www.kbalertz.com/Feedback_832659.aspx
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > http://www.ISAserver.org
> > > >
> > > > Hi all,
> > > > I don't know if I need to laugh or to cry about this!!!
> > > > This issue closed my opinion about ISA 2000, and my opinion about
ISA
> > > > 2000 is that its not a firewall !!!
> > > > Someone has sometnig to say about this ?
> > > > 832659 - The IP Spoof Detection feature in ISA Server 2000 may drop
> > > > legal packets on systems that have multiple external interfaces
> > > > Thanx
> > > >
>
>
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