Configuring ISA Server 2000

"The Shinders have done an incredible job or researching ISA Server. There are things in this book that the product development team at Microsoft probably doesn't even know about!"
-Sean McCormick, ISA Cramsession Author, BrainBuzz.com

The complete guide to implementing ISA Server in the Enterprise

Because security and network performance - the two pronged purpose of ISA Server - are so important in todays interconnected world, ISA Server plays a vital role in your overall network design. Configuring ISA Server 2000 will play an equally vital role in helping you understand Microsoft's much-anticipated Web-caching, filtering, and connection-sharing software package, Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2000 - or more simply, ISA Server.

• Learn ISA Server's features
  Master the security, acceleration, and Internet connection sharing features of ISA Server.
• Understand ISA's architecture
  Get an overview of ISA Server's complex architecture and how the program components work at various layers of the network communications models.
• Select proper authentication methods
  Read about ISA's different authentication options, depending on the type of client.
• Administer ISA with confidence
  Master the unknown and undocumented components and features of ISA
• Understand ISA's Firewall features
  Now you'll understand multiplayer filtering, stateful inspection, intrusion detection, secure VPN, streaming media splitting, and more!
• Recognize intrusion attacks
  Set up ISA Firewall to detect all-ports scan, IP half scans, ping of deaths, land attacks, UDP bombs and other attacks.
• Use ISA as a Web caching server
  Read about smart and scheduled caching, distributed caching, and hierarchical caching options
• Save Time
  Get complete coverage of wizards that guide you through common setup and management tasks.
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  The Syngress Solutions upgrade plan protects you from content obsolescence and provides monthly mailings, whitepapers, and more!
• Gain confidence with ISA
  Read the book designed more then just a surface understanding of how ISA works.

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Dr. Tom Shinder
Debra Littlejohn Shinder
Technical Editor: Martin Grasdal