Configuring ISA Server 2000: Building Firewalls for Windows 2000 - Softcover

Syngress

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1928994296 ISBN 13: 9781928994299

Publisher: Syngress, 2001

Synopsis

Microsoft's flagship ISA Server delivers the Internet to your customers!
As the demand for Internet connectivity reaches a fever pitch, system administrators are being challenged to connect more and more systems to the Internet without compromising security or network performance. ISA Server 2000 provides system administrators with a revolutionary management infrastructure that addresses the two greatest needs of Enterprise-wide Internet connectivity: Security and speed.

Written by best-selling author of several MCSE 2000 study guides, this book will provide the system administrators with an in depth understanding of all the critiacl features of Microsoft's flag ship Internet Server. Configuring ISA Server 2000 shows network administrators how to connect a network to the Internet, maintain the connection, and troubleshoot remote users' hardware and software configuration problems.

• Up-to-date coverage of new products specific to Windows 2000
• Shows network administrators how to supply e-mail whilst maintaining network security
• Focuses on providing secure remote access to a network

About this title

From the Back Cover

Because security and network performance--the two-pronged purpose of ISA Server--are so important in today's 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's 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 Recognise 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 Register for your 1-year upgrade: The Syngress Solutions upgrade plan protects you from content obsolescence and provides monthly mailings, whitepapers and more

Edition details

• Publisher: Syngress
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1928994296
• ISBN 13: 9781928994299
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 512