Chapter 14. Network Inspection System

  • Understanding Network Inspection System 307

  • Implementing Network Inspection System 309

  • Implementing Intrusion Detection 323

  • Summary 341

One of the primary reasons network administrators deploy a firewall or proxy is to reduce the threat of malware by filtering traffic crossing their network borders. Although ISA Server was quite good at evaluating traffic based on application-awareness, it was very limited in its ability to detect malware. In this chapter, you will become familiar with the malware detection functionality provided by Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG).

Understanding Network Inspection System

Network Inspection System (NIS) is a new traffic analysis mechanism included in TMG. NIS ...

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