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Articles & Tutorials for July, 2002

3 ISA Server Quick Performance Tweaks
Date - Jul 31, 2002
Author - Robert J. Shimonski
Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General
In today’s infrastructures, every performance gain you can get you should take. In this article we will look at three performance tweaks for ISA Server 2000 so you can make sure your ISA Server is running as optimized as possible.
Microsoft ISA Server, Part I – introduction, installation, configuration, Web caching and Internet access
Date - Jul 30, 2002
Author - Sebastian Serwin
Section - Tutorials / Installation & Planning
Microsoft is trying to present itself as not only the worldwide leading manufacturer of operating systems but also as a top provider of comprehensive IT solutions for business. With its Microsoft Internet Security & Acceleration Server, the Redmond software giant is approaching this goal. This is Part I of a series of articles on ISA Server: its origin, complexity, benefits and shortcomings.
Webcast: Publishing Exchange Server using Exchange RPC
Date - Jul 24, 2002
Author - Thomas Shinder
Section - Site News
Come on to the SearchWin2000.com Web site and learn about using Exchange RPC Server Publishing Rules to publish Exchange Servers. You'll see how Exchange RPC might be your best publishing option and how it can make not only your users' lives easier, but your life easier as well!
Using the NTBACKUP Utility to Restore the ISA Server Configuration - Part 1
Date - Jul 22, 2002
Author - Thomas Shinder
Section - Tutorials / Installation & Planning
Backing up is hard to do. That's especially the case with your ISA Server config. Which method should you use? Which method works? Check out this article on how to backup and restore the ISA Server using the integrated NTBACKUP utility
New Technologies: An Invitation to Cybercrime?
Date - Jul 21, 2002
Author - Thomas Shinder
Section - Articles
Deb Shinder’s new book, Scene of the Cybercrime, is finally finished and will be available very soon. Deb’s experience as a police officer prior to starting her career in IT makes her uniquely qualified to write on this topic. In this article, Deb discusses the perils of low cost, high speed, always-on Internet connections and why criminals love the new technologies as much as – or maybe more than – the rest of us do.
Tom Shinder's Questions of the Week, July 18 2002
Date - Jul 18, 2002
Author - Thomas Shinder
Section - Tutorials / General Guides and Articles
Lots of good questions came in last week. In this installment we cover problems with NLB not failing over, mail relay issues, unihomed firewalls and more!
Using ISA to block specific domain names from emailing your organization.
Date - Jul 18, 2002
Author - Ricky M. Magalhaes
Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General
In this tutorial I will cover how to use ISA to block specific domains from being able to mail people within your organization. All of us hate spam even after the initial hype of all the fancy chain letters and promotional goods after a while it gets a bit much. Many users within the organization get spam and get very frustrated when receiving spam.
Deb Shinder releases new book on Cybercrime
Date - Jul 13, 2002
Author - Thomas Shinder
Section - Articles
Did you like the ISA Server book? If you enjoyed the clear writing, lack of pointy headed academic tautological explanations and just good old-fashioned person to person communication, then you'll really like this book. Debi did a great job here. She shares her experiences solving and working with others to solve network and Internet crimes. A must read!
TZO Packet Filters
Date - Jul 09, 2002
Author - Thomas Shinder
Section - Tutorials / Publishing
Several of you wanted to know about what packet filters you need to create to make TZO DDNS work correctly. Well, here ya go!
Mail Relay Scenario Using GFI Mail essentials 6 for SMTP Gateways
Date - Jul 07, 2002
Author - Thomas Shinder
Section - Tutorials / Configuration - Security
Are you looking for a fault tolerant and secure SMTP server solution? Need something useful to do with that DMZ segment you created? How about an SMTP mail relay! Check out this article to see how we put together an SMTP mail relay solution in a back to back DMZ environment.
How to Configure Internal NetMeeting Clients to Call External Netmeeting Clients
Date - Jul 04, 2002
Author - Steve Moffat
Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General
Have you ever wanted to initiate a call with Netmeeting (Or any other H.323 compliant communication program), to an external contact. In his latest tutorial, Steve Moffat shows you step by step how to do just that.
Using ISA to force SSL connections to published websites
Date - Jul 03, 2002
Author - Ricky M. Magalhaes
Section - Tutorials / Publishing
When managment tells you that you need to secure the trafic sent to and from your published websites what do you do? Use SSL
Configuring Exchange RPC Publishing in a Back to Back ISA Server Environment
Date - Jul 02, 2002
Author - Thomas Shinder
Section - Tutorials / Publishing
So you decided that Exchange RPC Server Publishing is a good thing. The problem is you have a back to back ISA Server configuration protecting the internal network. Can you still use Exchange RPC publishing? You bet! Read this article to find out how.
Win a WarGames DVD
Date - Jul 02, 2002
Author - The Editor
Section - Articles
Tell Microsoft about your ISA Server experience. Current ISA Server customers who fill out the questionnaire may become eligible to receive a complimentary "WarGames" DVD from Microsoft.
How to Publish TSAC Sites on an Alternate Port
Date - Jul 01, 2002
Author - Steve Moffat
Section - Tutorials / Publishing
The Terminal Services Advanced Client (TSAC) makes terminal services available to anyone with a Web browser. For security reasons, you might want to change the listening port for Terminal Services. Steve Moffat shows you the way in this article.
Troubleshooting ISA authentication issues
Date - Jul 01, 2002
Author - Ricky M. Magalhaes
Section - Tutorials / General Guides and Articles
When push comes to shove you need to sort out authentication problems quickly and without hesitation. This tutorial will help you do this.

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