Hi Michael, I'm stumped then. Would be worth a call to PSS if disabling the IPSec Policy Agent on startup isn't enough. Let us know what you find out! Thanks! Tom www.isaserver.org/shinder Tom and Deb Shinder's Configuring ISA Server 2004 http://tinyurl.com/3xqb7 MVP -- ISA Firewalls -----Original Message----- From: Michael Bertelsen [mailto:mbe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 2:01 PM To: [ISAserver.org Discussion List] Subject: [isalist] RE: ISA2004 startup ipsec filter http://www.ISAserver.org Hi Tom I have not been able to find this documented anywhere. My information of this comes from a talk with a Microsoft Tech. during IT Forum, Europe a few weeks ago. As far as I understand, the IPSEC startup filter has been applied to ensure that an attack cannot be launch during a reboot of en ISA server, like it could with ISA 2000. It is applied early in the boot sequence and is kept in effect until the Firewall driver takes over, and the ISA server become fully initialished. Has nobody heard of this ? Or has anybody else had an other explanation of the improved security of the boot sequence ? Regards, Michael ------------------------------------------------------ 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: tshinder@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe visit http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=isalist Report abuse to listadmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx