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Articles & Tutorials for January, 2006

Publishing Remote Desktop Web Connection Sites with the ISA Firewall Part 3: Testing and Troubleshooting: Date - Jan 31, 2006; Author - Thomas Shinder; Section - Tutorials / Publishing; In part one of this three part series on publishing remote desktop Web connection sites, we went over the details on how the process works and how the process does not work. In part two of the series we went over the step by step details on how to publish the remote desktop connection Web site and RDP servers. In this, part 3 and the last part of the article series, we’ll test the configuration and then go into a deep discussion on troubleshooting issues you might run into when publishing Web sites and RDP servers.
How to work around an issue with VPN clients and split DNS: Date - Jan 26, 2006; Author - Stefaan Pouseele; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; In the past I have read a lot about VPN users having problems accessing internal resources which are also published on the same ISA server. I had never fully understood those problems because I had never experienced them myself. Recently I was lucky to see the problem with my own eyes and investigate it further. Now, I would like to share a nice workaround to that problem.
Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services Sample Pack for Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2004: Date - Jan 25, 2006; Author - Thomas Shinder; Section - News; Use the Reporting Services project and its predefined Report Definition Language (RDL) files to generate reports from ISA Server logs stored in an SQL database using SQL Server Reporting Services.
SIP Filter for ISA Firewalls in Development: Date - Jan 24, 2006; Author - Thomas Shinder; Section - News; The lack of SIP support is one of the key deployment blockers for introducing ISA firewall's to network environments. It looks like there might be light at the end of the tunnel.
Publishing Remote Desktop Web Connection Sites with the ISA Firewall Part 2: Creating the Web and Server Publishing Rules: Date - Jan 24, 2006; Author - Thomas Shinder; Section - Tutorials / Publishing; In this article we’ll move out attention to the details of the configuration. Enabling remote access to remote desktop Web connections sites is fairly straightforward: you need to create a Web Publishing Rule and one or more RDP Server Publishing Rules, depending on how many RDP servers you want to make available to external users.
Corrent Launches UTM Appliance with Intelligent I/O: Date - Jan 23, 2006; Author - Thomas Shinder; Section - News; Corrent releases ISA firewall based UTM device.
The ISAserver.org Readers’ Choice Awards - Vote for your favorite products!: Date - Jan 19, 2006; Author - The Editor; Section - Site News; Beginning in February 2006 ISAserver.org will hold bi-monthly Readers’ Choice polls, giving the ISAserver.org community the opportunity to vote for the products they view as the very best in their respective category.
Creating a Parallel ISA Firewall Configuration in a Netscreen DMZ: Date - Jan 17, 2006; Author - Thomas Shinder; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; Over the years there have been a number of questions about how to configure the ISA firewall in a “hardware” firewall’s “DMZ”. I have to admit that this question never made much sense to me, since I couldn’t figure out why the fledgling ISA firewall admin would want to create such a configuration. It seemed to be a simple affair to place the ISA firewall either in parallel or in a back to back configuration with the “hardware” firewall in front of the ISA firewall, allowing the ISA firewall to provide its superior level of protection nearest to the protected resources.
Update to Understanding the Web Proxy and Firewall Client Automatic Configuration article: Date - Jan 13, 2006; Author - Stefaan Pouseele; Section - News; Implement the hotfix and correct the DHCP issue we discovered within the article.
Product Review: GFI WebMonitor 3.0: Date - Jan 12, 2006; Author - Thomas Shinder; Section - Tutorials / Product Reviews; There are a number of solutions on the market today that plug into the ISA firewall’s Web proxy filter that enable you to block dangerous downloads and non-work related Web sites. One of the slickest and easiest to configure and manage solutions I’ve found so far is the GFI WebMonitor 3.0.
Publishing Remote Desktop Web Connection Sites with the ISA Firewall Part 1 – Remote Desktop Web Services Concepts: Date - Jan 10, 2006; Author - Thomas Shinder; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; The Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 Remote Desktop Web Connection feature allows you to connect to RDP servers through an easy to use Web browser interface. This article is dedicated to discussing how the Remote Desktop Web Connection Actually works and how it does NOT work, and also, DNS Issues with Remote Desktop Web connections
Creating Multiple Security Perimeters with a Multihomed ISA Firewall Part 6: Creating the SMTP and Secure Exchange Server Publishing Rules: Date - Jan 03, 2006; Author - Thomas Shinder; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; In this, part 6 and the last part of my series on how to create multiple security perimeters using ISA firewalls, we’ll finish up by covering the following topics: Create the Server Publishing Rule allowing inbound SMTP from the anonymous DMZ SMTP Server to the back-end Exchange Server; Create the Server Publishing Rule allowing Secure Exchange RPC Communications to the Back-end Exchange Server; Create the Outbound Access Rules