1. ISA SERVER 2004 Group members : Sagar Bhakta – [intro] Orit Ahmed – [installation] Michael Wijaya [advantages] Rene Salazar - [features]

2. INTRODUCTION Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2004  helps to improve security levels for your Microsoft applications through an enhanced security architecture with application layer filtering  fully integrated VPN capabilities  and comprehensive, extensible authentication mechanisms, such as RSA SecurID and RADIUS  ISA Server is designed to help users protect Microsoft applications, such as the Exchange e-mail server, IIS (Internet Information Services) Web server and SharePoint collaboration tools  regulating usage based on user, group, application, destination, schedule, and content type criteria. ISA Server is designed to work with Windows 2000 and later operating systems and to take advantage of Windows security.

3. More on ISA server ISA Server 2004 contains a full-featured, application-layer- aware firewall that helps protect organizations of all sizes from attack by both external and internal threats. ISA Server 2004 contains a full-featured, application-layer- aware firewall that helps protect organizations of all sizes from attack by both external and internal threats. ISA Server 2004 performs deep inspection of Internet protocols such as Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), which enables it to detect many threats that traditional firewalls cannot detect. ISA Server 2004 performs deep inspection of Internet protocols such as Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), which enables it to detect many threats that traditional firewalls cannot detect. In addition, a completely new user interface, wizards, templates, and a host of management tools help administrators avoid common security configuration errors. In addition, a completely new user interface, wizards, templates, and a host of management tools help administrators avoid common security configuration errors.

4. System requirements Personal computer with 300 megahertz or faster Pentium II- compatible CPU running one of the following server operating systems: Personal computer with 300 megahertz or faster Pentium II- compatible CPU running one of the following server operating systems:  Microsoft Windows 2000 Server or Windows 2000 Advanced Server with Service Pack 4 or later  Windows 2000 Datacenter Server  Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition  Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition 256 megabytes of RAM 256 megabytes of RAM One network adapter, for communication with the internal network One network adapter, for communication with the internal network One additional network adapter, modem, or ISDN adapter for each additional network connected to the computer running ISA Server One additional network adapter, modem, or ISDN adapter for each additional network connected to the computer running ISA Server One local hard-disk partition formatted with NTFS and 150 megabytes of available space (additional disk space required for Web cache content) One local hard-disk partition formatted with NTFS and 150 megabytes of available space (additional disk space required for Web cache content)

5. ISA Server comes in two editions Standard Edition and Enterprise Edition. Standard Edition and Enterprise Edition. Standard Edition is a stand-alone server that supports up to four processors. Enterprise Edition is for large-scale deployments, server array support, multi-level policy, and computers with more than four processors. Licenses are based on the number of processors.

6. Installing ISA server 2004 Download the software from Download the software from www.microsoft.com/isaserver/beta/ www.microsoft.com/isaserver/beta/ default.asp www.microsoft.com/isaserver/beta/ Double click on isaautorun.exe OR install the software from CD

11. In The case of ISA Server 2004 The internal network contains trusted network services that the ISA Sever 2004 firewall must communicate with. The internal network contains trusted network services that the ISA Sever 2004 firewall must communicate with. Examples of such services includes DNS, DHCP, terminal services clients, and others. Examples of such services includes DNS, DHCP, terminal services clients, and others. The firewall system policy is automatically applied to internal network. The firewall system policy is automatically applied to internal network.

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18. How do you see if ISA Server is actually working By creating an “all open” outbound access policy that allow secure NAT clients to access the internet. By creating an “all open” outbound access policy that allow secure NAT clients to access the internet.