Welcome to Santhosh Sivarajan's Section

Welcome to Santhosh Sivarajan’s Section

Santhosh Sivarajan is a Senior Consultant in Houston, TX. His main focuses are Microsoft Infrastructure and Security Technologies. He is MCSE (W2K3/W2K/NT4), MCP+I, MCSA (W2K3/W2K/MSG) and CCNA certified. His expertise includes Active Directory, Exchange, Migrations, Microsoft Security, RMS, ISA Server, etc.

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Santhosh Sivarajan’s Latest Contributions

Santhosh Sivarajan's Latest Contributions

Bypassing the Firewall Client using Locallat.txt File: Date - Nov 03, 2005; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; As we all know, ISA Server 2004 is a firewall and its function is to block all unnecessary traffic. But sometimes it is also necessary to bypass the traffic without going through the ISA Server. The following section will explain the options available on ISA Server 2004 and on the client side to achieve this.
ISA Server 2004 is Ignoring my Web Publishing Rule: Date - Apr 26, 2005; Section - Articles; I heard the following comment from a few clients: "ISA Server is ignoring my server publishing rule and it is always using the default rule". This will happen especially if you are working on a complicated network where the ISA firewall and the application servers are on different subnets. Check out this article for an explanation why this happens and a solution.
Cannot Logon to the Domain or Contact Other Servers After the ISA Server Installation: Date - Mar 29, 2005; Section - Tutorials / Installation & Planning; I am sure we have all either encountered or heard of this "problem" one time or another if the ISA Server is part of the Active Directory Domain. Is it a problem? No, it is by design. To block all unnecessary traffic is the job of the firewall. I know Domain Controller traffic is not unnecessary unreachable traffic, but we have to "explain" to the ISA Server that DC traffic is reachable.