Building Portals, Intranets, and Corporate Web Sites Using Microsoft Servers

Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2000

ISA Server 2000 (formerly known as Proxy server) is a product designed to provide two services. It can function as a multilayer firewall providing packet filtering on packet, circuit, and application layers; access policy control; virtual private network (VPN); stateful inspection; and traffic routing. It can also serve as a web cache server. ISA Server tightly integrates with Windows security features and can be deployed as a firewall, as a cache server, or in integrated mode combining both features. ISA Server fits into an overall portal security strategy by providing a necessary level of physical security. You should always include firewalls in online enterprise architectures as ...