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ISA Server

Placing an Exchange Front-end server in the DMZ does nothing to increase security. This configuration increases complexity and opens many holes through your firewall. How many of those firewalls are inspecting that traffic? An Exchange Front-end server should be implemented for performance and to serve OWA in multiple mailbox (back-end) server configurations. The best solution for [...]

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This is a great article discussing the features of ISA Server as a layer 7 firewall (without the usual zealous bubble from Dr T. Shinder) The Industry Insiders: Securing the network using Microsoft ISA Server 2004 http://blogs.technet.com/industry_insiders/articles/404588.aspx Whilst on the subject of layer 7 – here’s why outbound HTTP/S should be authenticated (and users should not [...]

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