Greetings!
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Microsoft Claims that its Proxy Server is an extensible firewall and
> integrated web cache server. Can some one tell me why nobody takes them
> seriously. I have the software can I trust it as a fire wall.
The MS Proxy only is a HTTP (and socks) proxy with quite limited URL
filtering options. It does _NOT_ have any firewall capabilities - not even
simplest packet filtering. Lacking even this elemental firewall
capabilities, noone can take Microsofts claim for the MS Proxy to be a
firewall for serious.
The proxy could be used - like any other proxy - as secure(d) gateway if
configured correctly and bastionated. And if you know that the MS Proxy
only is a plugin for the IIS which is notorious for its security
problems...
Bye
Volker
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