----- Original Message -----
From: "Ben Nagy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 8:35 AM
Subject: RE: MS ISA Server
> People,
>
> Can I make a small request - if you're going to refer to other stuff (eg
> bugtraq posts or NSA documents) would you please include a solid reference
> or some sort of link?
>
> I'd be interested in dragging this discussion out a bit more. Does anyone
> have evidence that's not just MS-bashing to suggest that ISA is unsuitable
> as a competitor to the well-known Enterprise Firewalls?
>
> Cheers,
The only extensive lab test I know about where ISA server figured is the
extended firewall test made in june by IDG.
And the figures for ISA aren't brilliant.
http://sartryckr.idg.se/art/Brandvaggar4_nok102001.html
>
> --
> Ben Nagy
> Network Security Specialist
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2001 12:58 AM
> > To: Ron DuFresne
> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED];
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: MS ISA Server
> >
> >
> > Yeah, as Ron stated, check the NSA Document on the ISA Server,
> > it is more of Proxy with some packetfiltering ability, and
> > NSA only puts it in an scenario with eg FW-1 as outer
> > perimeter, the DMZ in the middle and ISA as last line of
> > defense between DMZ and LAN. DO NOT use it as 3homed FW stand alone!
> >
> > > Bewary if ISA server in this role. Consider it more of a 'personal
> > > firewall' only able to 'monitor' what comes from the outside. You
> > > have no control over what is sent out. M$ altered their
> > web pages to
> > > accomodate this. You might find an "ISA" query on the bugtraq
> > > archives to be knowledge worthy.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Ron DuFresne
> > >
> > > On Thu, 13 Sep 2001, Chris Patterson wrote:
> > >
> > > > Is anyone here familiar with the new MS ISA Server?[...]
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