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Deb Shinder, MVP (Enterprise Security) continues the Shinder tradition of providing ISAserver.org readers with the latest and greatest news, tips and tricks for optimizing your ISA Server or TMG based network security infrastructure. This blog will address all topics pertaining to the Microsoft firewall products and how ISA/TMG administrators can get the most out of them so your company’s employees can use the Internet safely and productively.

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Stefaan Pouseele, an ISA Server MVP, discusses issues brought up within various ISA articles and Microsoft publications. Updates to the ISA Firewall, protocol support, discussions on the different ISA clients, ISA features, how to clean up network traffic and links to new ISA server literature are all be included within the blog. Get help on troubleshooting the ISA network firewall and learn how to create good security policies. Coverage on ISA Server 2006 also appears.

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Latest ISAserver blog posts

Rollup 2 for TMG SP2

Date - May 11th, 2012

Author - Debra Shinder

Microsoft has released Rollup 2 for Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2012 with Service Pack 2, which fixes seven important issues, including a situation where you get an “access denied” error when you use a delegated user account to try to monitor services, another scenario where a TMG server randomly stops processing incoming traffic, and a situation where the Firewall service intermittently crashes when it processes client web proxy requests. more...

New Antimalware Engine for Forefront

Date - May 11th, 2012

Author - Debra Shinder

Get ready to roll – the Microsoft Malware Protection Center has your back. They’re about to release a new antimalware engine on May 15th, as part of the regular update cycle to keep you safe from the latest threats. This affects Microsoft Security Essentials, Forefront Client Security, Forefront Endpoint Protection and Windows Intune Endpoint protection. more...

TMG Reporter v2.0 released

Date - May 11th, 2012

Author - Debra Shinder

Fastvue has just announced the release of TMG Reporter version 2.0. TMG Reporter 2.0 is the first real-time reporting application for Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway. It monitors your TMG log files in real-time displaying up to the minute Internet usage and network traffic statistics. New in version 2.0 is the ability to run reports on anything you see in the real time dashboard. more...

Cross site single sign-on not working between two UAG servers

Date - May 8th, 2012

Author - Debra Shinder

Here’s a good article from Suraj Singh on his ISA Server blog over on TechNet, about a case he worked on where the customer had configured cross site single sign-on but it wasn’t working across two UAG servers between two web sites. He recreated the scenario in the lab and reported here on his findings and the resolution. http://blogs.technet.com/b/sooraj-sec/archive/2012/05/07/cross-site-single-sign-on-not-working-between-two-uag-servers.aspx. more...

UAG Host Address Translation Explained

Date - Apr 30th, 2012

Author - Debra Shinder

Great article by Ben Ari on UAG HAT. Check it out at: http://blogs.technet.com/b/ben/archive/2012/04/17/what-is-hat-and-how-does-it-work.aspx HTH, Deb DEBRA LITTLEJOHN SHINDERMVP (Enterprise Security)“MS SECURITY”dshinder@isaserver.org. more...

Multi-Site DirectAccess Configuration in Windows Server 2012

Date - Apr 30th, 2012

Author - Debra Shinder

Great article on how to configure Windows Server 2012 DirectAccess. Check it out at: http://danstoncloud.com/blogs/simplebydesign/archive/2012/04/21/multisite-directaccess-scenario-in-powershell.aspx HTH, Deb DEBRA LITTLEJOHN SHINDERMVP (Enterprise Security)“MS SECURITY”dshinder@isaserver.org. more...

Configuring SCCM with UAG DirectAccess

Date - Apr 30th, 2012

Author - Debra Shinder

Here’s a great article series on how you can use UAG DirectAccess together with SCCM to monitor your clients around the clock. Check it out at: http://www.isaserver.org/tutorials/Configuring-SCCM-UAG-DirectAccess-Part2.html Hope you like it Deb DEBRA LITTLEJOHN SHINDERMVP (Enterprise Security)“MS SECURITY”dshinder@isaserver.org. more...

OWA Session Timeouts Fail When Published Through UAG

Date - Apr 30th, 2012

Author - Debra Shinder

“…Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway 2010 (UAG 2010) allows a user to define Inactive session timeout. The Inactive session timeout defines the maximum time a session can be inactive before it times out (see http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee406216.aspx). more...

Upgrading UAG 2010 to Service Pack 1 Fails

Date - Apr 30th, 2012

Author - Debra Shinder

Yes – I’ve hit this one many times and didn’t have an explanation for it. While there are likely many causes for Service Pack 1 update failures, here’s one that actually has a solution: http://blogs.technet.com/b/edgeaccessblog/archive/2012/03/20/kb-upgrading-to-microsoft-forefront-unified-access-gateway-2010-service-pack-1-fails-with-error-1603.aspx HTH, Deb DEBRA LITTLEJOHN SHINDERMVP (Enterprise Security)“MS SECURITY”dshinder@isaserver.org. more...

Vulnerabilities in Forefront Unified Access Gateway Could Lead to Information Disclosure

Date - Apr 30th, 2012

Author - Debra Shinder

You might not have heard about it – but there was a security update to fix a potential information disclosure vulnerability in UAG this month. Check out http://blogs.technet.com/b/edgeaccessblog/archive/2012/04/19/ms12-026-description-of-the-security-update-for-microsoft-forefront-unified-access-gateway-2010-service-pack-1-april-10-2012.aspx for details. HTH, Deb DEBRA LITTLEJOHN SHINDERMVP (Enterprise Security)“MS SECURITY”dshinder@isaserver.org. more...