This article is one of the series of Getting started with Microsoft ISA Server 2006. You can see the index of this series at Getting started with Microsoft ISA Server 2006, Part 1: Introduction
This article is one of the series of Getting started with Microsoft ISA Server 2006. You can see the index of this series at Getting started with Microsoft ISA Server 2006, Part 1: Introduction
Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server (ISA Server) is a firewall and proxy software from Microsoft. It can protects local network from hackers, limits access for internet access, improve internet speed for users and logging any connections that pass through an ISA Server.
By default, Microsoft Internet Security & Acceleation Server (ISA) will block any connection between internal and external network. If you have Symantec AntiVirus and it needs to update definition (or signature) from internet through ISA, The ISA will block the connection so that the program can’t update the definition.
Have you ever need to block users using MSN or Yahoo Messenger? Or block them to using free email services? Or even block them to post anythings on web boards? Or block them to using bit torrent to download files? This topic can answer these questions by using Microsoft ISA Server 2006.
After completed part III, you have done basic configurations on ISA Server. In this part, you’re going to configure on client computer to be one of these types: SecureNAT Client, Firewall Client or Web Proxy Client. You can see more detail in topic below.
From part II, you have configured Network Topology. Now you need to create a policy rule to allow traffic pass through the ISA Server.
From Part I, you have finished install ISA Server 2006. Before using the server, you need to do some configurations first. On Getting Started with ISA Server 2006 page on ISA Server Management, there are 5 steps for set up ISA Server as the figure below.
 | Microsoft Internet Security & Acceleration Server 2006 is a firewall and proxy product from Microsoft. It can protects local network from hackers, limit access for internet access, improve internet speed for users and also logging any connections that pass through ISA Server. |
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