Re: ISA Server for Microsoft Exchange

[Connie Sadler <csadler11 () GMAIL COM>]

Thanks! This helps - any other advantages?

Connie

On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 9:33 AM, Chris Edwards <chris () eng gla ac uk> wrote:

> On Thu, 23 Oct 2008, Rowe, Ken wrote:
>
> | ISA is the Microsoft application-level firewall that enforces a
> | black-listing approach to block access to inappropriate sites. This can
> | help protect Microsoft Exchange users from phishing attacks if they
> | click on embedded links.
>
> Hi,
>
> Yep - ISA can operate as a web filter, to restrict which external websites
> your on-campus users can access.  Think blocking porn etc.
>
> But in this context, ISA is deployed to protect a local exchange server
> from malicious incoming external traffic, whilst hopefully allowing good
> external traffic to come in.
>
> In other words, acting not as a regular web proxy, but as a reverse proxy.
> (with application level filtering).
>
>
> --
> Chris Edwards
> IT Security, Computing Service
> University of Glasgow, charity number SC004401



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Connie