One of the most common requests seen on the Web boards here at www.isaserver.org is for instructions on how to publish an FTP site on an alternate port. There are a number of reasons why someone might want to publish an FTP site on an alternate port. Some ISA admins feel that they’ll benefit from a measure of security through obscurity. Other ISA admins, believe it or not, actually want to publish an FTP site on an alternate port in order to violate their ISP’s Terms of Service policy. Regardless of the reason, this article will show you how to do it with ISA 2004 firewalls.
ISA Server 2004 introduces a lot of usability enhancements that makes it easier than every to get the firewall configured and provide secure access to the Internet. ISA Server 2000 firewall veterans will recall their early experiences with trying to get the firewall configured to connect internal network clients to the Internet; it wasn’t always a simple or quick experience. ISA Server 2004 Network Templates simplify setting up Internal Network Configuration and Firewall Policy. Check out this article to see how the Edge Firewall Network Template makes configuring the firewall easier than ever.
ISA Server 2000 is a firewall and Web caching server that can provide a high level of security for both branch and main office networks by using multiple layers of inspection of ingoing and outbound communications. ISA Server 2000 firewalls inspect network communications at the network layer, circuit layer and application layer to provide a level of security unique for firewalls in ISA Server 2000’s class. In addition, ISA Server 2000 enables the firewall administrator to connect branch office networks to the main office using a variety of networking and security technologies. This combination of high security and exceptional accessibility makes ISA Server 2000 the ideal firewall for connecting and protecting main and branch office networks.
It took over three years, but it finally happened. I went over the 25,000 mark on number of ISAserver.org message board posts over at http://forums.isaserver.org. It seems like only yesterday when I made my first post and was wrestling with the same issues that today’s posters continue to work with.
The new Outlook and Exchange 2003 RPC over HTTP feature is great for users stuck behind restrictive firewalls. But what if you want to put the RPC over HTTP proxy server on the ISA firewall machine itself? No problem! Check out this article for all the step by step procedures.
With Microsoft's public BETA release of ISA Server 2004 on January 27th, ISAserver.org presents you with the ISA Server 2004 message boards, your only space on the internet for discussing ISA 2004, with over 26 new categories covering topics such as installation, publishing, tips & tricks and much more. Click Here for the forums.
A popular request on the Web Publishing boards here on www.isaserver.org is for more information on how to publish multiple secure Web sites using a single IP address on the external interface of the firewall. Both ISA Server 2000 and ISA Server 2004 have in common the fact that a single certificate can be bound per Web listener. If you have a single IP address bound to the external interface of the ISA Server 2000 or ISA Server 2004 firewall, then you will be able to publish a single secure Web site. Check out this article to see how to use a Wildcard certificate to get around this problem!
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