ISAserver.org - Monthly Article Update Hi ISAlist, New articles added to ISAserver.org last month: Title: Why the ISA Firewall Client Rocks: Lessons on the ISA Stateful Application Layer Inspection Firewall Author: Thomas Shinder Summary: There are many things that set the ISA firewall apart from other firewalls in widespread use. But the one thing that stands out is the ISA firewalls unique combination of stateful filtering (stateful packet inspection) and stateful application layer inspection. Combine these features with the ISA firewall’s one of a kind VPN server and Web Proxy/caching capabilities, and you have one powerhouse firewall that causes other firewalls to pale in comparison. Check out this article for details on how the ISA firewall's Firewall client application is a critical components of the ISA firewall's comprehensive defense in depth scheme. Link: http://www.ISAserver.org/articles/2004firewallclient.html Title: Extending the ISA Firewall’s SSL Tunnel Port Range (2004) Author: Thomas Shinder Summary: Having problems connecting to SSL sites that use an alternate port number? No problem! Check out this article for an explanation of the problem and a quick fix. Link: http://www.ISAserver.org/articles/2004tunnelportrange.html Title: Editing the ISA server 2004 System Policy (Part 1) Author: Ricky M. Magalhaes Summary: In this two part article I will cover the default settings of the ISA 2004 System policy and how these can be manipulated to enable ISA to interact differently with other networked resources. Link: http://www.ISAserver.org/tutorials/Editing-ISA-2004-system-policy-Part1.html Title: Amy Babinchak's ISA/SBS Series: Configuring Trend Micro CSM for SSL with ISA Server 2000 by Amy Babinchak Author: Thomas Shinder Summary: Trend Micro has made a wonderful product for SBS called Client/Server/Messaging Suite (CSM). However, they haven’t yet produced great documentation for how to install it on SBS. This product provides anti-virus, anti-spam, content filtering, and malware/spyware detection. To make this all work the setup makes some pretty grand assumptions about IIS, Exchange and ISA not all of which are relevant to a typical SBS installation. In this article I’ll alert you to some of the pitfalls, point you to some great community resources, and show how to configure ISA to allow SSL communications on the 4343 port for CSM. Link: http://www.ISAserver.org/articles/2000trend.html Title: Should You Allow SSL Through Your ISA Firewall? (and why your hardware firewall leaves you defenseless) Author: Thomas Shinder Summary: Should you allow SSL connections through your ISA firewall? How does the ISA firewall protect you against exploits sent over an encrypted SSL channel? Did you know that your hardware firewall leaves you defenseless against these exploits? Check out this article and find out how to protect yourself before the bad guys nail you. Link: http://www.ISAserver.org/articles/2004isassl.html Title: Reasons to Upgrade to the 2004 ISA Firewall Author: Thomas Shinder Summary: Are you running an ISA Server 2000 firewall? Looking for reasons why you should upgrade to the new 2004 ISA firewall? If so, check out this article for some key features that you just might not be able to live without! Link: http://www.ISAserver.org/articles/why_upgrade.html Title: Publishing a TCP/IP Printer behind ISA Server Author: Ricky M. Magalhaes Summary: In this tutorial I will outline and highlight the importance of being able to print from the internet to a published printer, which is available to you no matter where you are in the world. Link: http://www.ISAserver.org/tutorials/Publishing-TCPIP-Printer-ISA.html Visit the Subscription Management (http://newsletter.isoftmarketing.com/) section to unsubscribe. ISAserver.org is in no way affiliated with Microsoft Corp. For sponsorship information, contact us at advertising@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Copyright © ISAserver.org 2004. All rights reserved.