http://www.ISAserver.org Hi E, Either end could initiate the connection, but if you allow both ends you could end up with a "race" condition that will cause you no end of problems. Check out the Avenade article on the MS ISA Server site for more info. Thanks! Tom www.isaserver.org/shinder -----Original Message----- From: esmondl@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:esmondl@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 9:37 AM To: [ISAserver.org Discussion List] Subject: [isalist] RE: Router-to-Router VPN Issue http://www.ISAserver.org Thanks, Why you say "the remote vpn server must initiate the connection between them not the opposite", why the connection cannot be initiated by Local Server?? ------------------------------------------------------ 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: tshinder@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send a blank email to $subst('Email.Unsub') ------------------------------------------------------ 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: polarbeer@xxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send a blank email to $subst('Email.Unsub')