You really think we can't tell? C'mon - give us a tad more credit than that... -----Original Message----- From: isapros-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:isapros-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Thor (Hammer of God) Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 3:31 PM To: isapros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [isapros] Re: ..and the noise increases... Who says you have to tell them it's a guest? t > -----Original Message----- > From: isapros-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:isapros- > bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Harrison > Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 11:00 AM > To: isapros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [isapros] Re: ..and the noise increases... > > Actually, "not supported" means exactly that - not supported. > Right now, if you call CSS with ISA deployed as an edge-facing guest, > they'll politely turn you away until you change that state. > Until and unless we can produce prescriptive guidance (just ask Tom how > thin my writing has become since I joined the ISA team), we can't > support the scenario; and even then, we'll only support what we define. > > It's not as "simple" as dropping Exchange or SharePoint as a guest; > they're not responsible for ensuring the security of the network > traffic. > > -----Original Message----- > From: isapros-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:isapros- > bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steve Moffat > Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 10:45 AM > To: isapros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [isapros] Re: ..and the noise increases... > > Absolutely. > > And remember...not supported doesn't mean it doesn't work. It also > doesn't mean it's not supported either..... > > Betcha if you had Jimbo on the other end of the CSS phone call, he'd > help if he wasn't busy..... > > Anyway..if it's a vm and it worked when you first set it up, you'd have > a backup that you could rely on anyway...wouldn't you??? > > :) > > -----Original Message----- > From: isapros-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:isapros- > bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Jim Harrison > Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 2:40 PM > To: isapros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [isapros] Re: ..and the noise increases... > > Yes; disappointment in the blog posting by an otherwise respected > person. > > Actually, I do like virtualization (ask Steve about my latest toy). > I'd really love it if we could have a policy that didn't have to > consider the "but I wanna!!!!" 1d10t'5 that will try to blame ISA for > what it can't control. Remember the IPv6 fiasco of last year? That > was > started by an MVP, no less... Imagine what "Joe IsaAdmin" will try to > do (seen the NG postings lately?). > > I'm trying to work out something a bit better than what we currently > have, but what (nearly) everyone forgets is that any ISA support > statement has to be balanced on the needle-point of "support". Our CSS > folks have to be able to recognize fact from bullshrimp and we all know > that "customers never lie; they merely misrepresent certain facts"... > MS counts support costs in minutes and every minute that the CSS folks > waste sorting out the ISA deployment into "supported & unsupported" > wastes time for the customer and MS both. > > -----Original Message----- > From: isapros-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:isapros- > bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Amy Babinchak > Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 10:19 AM > To: isapros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [isapros] Re: ..and the noise increases... > > Jim, > > Is that disappointment I see in the subject line? > > Don't you know? Virtualization is the solution to all things. It's > backup. It's totally secure. It's business continuity. And it's cheap! > What could possibility be better? > > Yes, that's sarcasm. > > > P.S. Oh yeah Tom. Shiver me timbers, talk like a pirate day was like so > last Wednesday, arg. > > -----Original Message----- > From: isapros-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:isapros- > bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Thomas W Shinder > Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 12:56 PM > To: isapros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [isapros] Re: ..and the noise increases... > > And they'll blame Microsoft when they implement abysmal security > practices because they want to get security "on the cheep" > > ARG. > > Thomas W Shinder, M.D. > Site: www.isaserver.org > Blog: http://blogs.isaserver.org/shinder/ > Book: http://tinyurl.com/3xqb7 > MVP -- Microsoft Firewalls (ISA) > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: isapros-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > [mailto:isapros-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Harrison > > Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 11:34 AM > > To: isapros-repost@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: [isapros] ..and the noise increases... > > > > http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/ArticleID/97153/97153.html > > > > > > > > > > > >