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. |
By default, SQL Server 2005 doesn’t allow remote connection so you have to enable it manually. If you try to connect to remote SQL Server without enable remote connection first, you’ll see one of these error messages.
(23 Sep 2008) – There is a new article in this topic using a newer tool which is more recommend than EBCD. It is PC Login Now. The EBCD tool is no longer maintain by author anymore. To see the newer article, visit How to reset administrator password on Windows using PC Login Now.
I have encountered the problem that Symantec’s LiveUpdate on Primary server didn’t automatically update any definitions. That made the clients didn’t get definitions,too. I tried manual update through SSC which also didn’t work and no related log in SSC show about update problem. Then, I opened Task Manager on Processes tab and found that LUCOMS~1.exe service which is LiveUpdate’s service still running.
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