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ISA 2004 sp2 update for issues with Delta/iTunes, etc.

Heads up ..this 'may' need to reboot your server, so you'd probably need to install this after hours just in case...   (and if you have WSUS set for "publically available patches" ... or whatever that one category is....you should see this in your Read More
posted Monday, April 24, 2006 12:15 PM by bradley | 2 Comments
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ISA 2004 sp2 hotfix and a reboot

Just in case you install the hotfix to fix the iTunes, Delta.com, Sun.com issues with ISA2004 and you DON'T get prompted for a reboot... reboot... just in case.   Besides sometimes I 'bounce the box' just to put a detailed info in that Shutdown Read More
posted Wednesday, April 12, 2006 9:20 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Patch for issues with ISA 2004 sp2

Update for HTTP issues in Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2004 Service Pack 2: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=916106 The hotfix for issues with ISA 2004 sp2 is now out.... For those of you who remember..that's Sun.com and Delta.com web Read More
posted Monday, April 10, 2006 11:17 PM by bradley | 3 Comments
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Configuring Secure Wireless Network Access with Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003

From the newsgroup....Fellow SBSers: An update to "Configuring Secure Wireless Network Access with Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003" is now available. With the help of SBS MVP Dave Nickason, it now includes ISA2004 firewall changes Read More
posted Wednesday, March 15, 2006 9:23 PM by bradley | 2 Comments
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Need a little more management of workstations with ISA 2004 on SBS?

I was listening to the SBS Podcast 15 and it happened to flip over to Podcast 1...and my goodness the sound quality has changed TONS... But they reminded me about one setting that you may hit in ISA 2004 that I don't think I've completely blogged about... Read More
posted Saturday, March 11, 2006 8:17 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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You know about firewalls?

http://www.vladville.com/2006/03/sbs-show-18-isa-firewalls-with-amy.htmlDownload the SBS Show #18http://www.vladville.com/sbsshow/sbsshow-episode18.mp3SBS Show #18 is an adult now and with the age of maturity we look at aresponsible topic of protecting Read More
posted Friday, March 10, 2006 12:43 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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When a vendor asks you.....

Whenever a vendor says any of the following items you need to stop... stop right in your tracks and ask "Why are they asking me to do that?" A vendor instructs you that you need to open up an inbound port 80 and port 443 connection.  [Whenever you Read More
posted Thursday, March 09, 2006 11:11 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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ISA 2004 sp2

(as Sandi noted on IM... I sounded a little stressed in some recent blog posts... and honestly.. more like just a little tired of the religious wars is all... so let's get back to fixing issues shall we, and get a bit de-stressed?) So... you have Read More
posted Sunday, March 05, 2006 11:05 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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So maybe it's a good idea on SPs not to be first?

On the smallbizit list, Dale reports that on the ISAserver.org site they are reporting issues with ISA 2004 sp2 and certain web sites......  FYI - There's a post ISA 2004 SP2 bug being reported by myself and others atISAserver.org's message boards Read More
posted Friday, February 17, 2006 6:16 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Sometimes you do indeed get Lemonade from Lemons

So everyone knows that SBS 2003 R2 won't get Windows 2003 R2, right?  Well ...there's a silver lining in that...we won't hit this error on our SBS boxes with ISA 2004 on them and have to worry about seeing this issue..... Error message in ISA Server Read More
posted Monday, February 06, 2006 6:33 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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Moving the ISA tracing file location

Have not tested this yet...but you are supposed to be able to move the tracking file for ISA 2004 to another drive after doing this.... Stay tuned.. I'll let you know after I test it on my box. 1. Add the following registry value under HKLM/Software/Microsoft/ISATracing Read More
posted Sunday, February 05, 2006 3:56 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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ISA 2004 tracking file (like your C: drive wasn't full enough already?)

In the newsgroups today... Gary reports the following:-----------------------Well, here's a reason not to install ISA2K4/SP2: It will create a new 400mb file, Windir\Debug\ISALOG.BIN, and a second, new 400mb file, ISALOG.BAK, on the C: drive. According Read More
posted Sunday, February 05, 2006 10:19 AM by bradley | 2 Comments
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Firewall Dashboard...asking for good feedback

 So you tried it out yet? Remind me of someone I know who urges me not to just give feedback like...'this sucks' or 'that's broken'... he wants me to say why something is broken and if I were in charge of the universe...what would I do to fix the Read More
posted Wednesday, February 01, 2006 12:42 PM by bradley | 3 Comments
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Remote management of ISA?

Okay you are a var/vap and you do remote management of a SBS box with ISA?  Then have you set up the system policy rule that makes you "trusted" like the gang from the SBSpodcast said to do? Launch the ISA console Click on Firewall Policy Click Read More
posted Wednesday, February 01, 2006 12:04 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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ISA 2004 sp2 (do not do this remotely and read the release notes)

ISA server 2004 sp2 just released on the download site and since we are READING the release notes before installing...they say... If ISA Server services are installed, ISA Server will enter lockdown mode during installation. Following installation, the Read More
posted Wednesday, February 01, 2006 7:16 AM by bradley | 4 Comments
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I think it's going to be like the Maytag repair guy...pretty lonely...but..

Today on the WSUS console is a new category...and yeah... given the current need for patching this product (no patches for the 2004) and only one or two that I can think of off the top of my head for the 2000 platform...this is going to be a bit like Read More
posted Sunday, January 29, 2006 6:41 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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Converting a 2000 KB to a 2004 KB

"Connection Error: 10057” error message when you try to connect to the Lacerte Web site or to download updates of the Lacerte Tax program in SBS 2000 or in SBS 2003: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;839503 So that KB is written Read More
posted Wednesday, January 25, 2006 7:10 PM by bradley | 2 Comments
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So how do I track RWW?

A commenter [I'm too lazy to go link it up as I was in the office at 6 ungodly am this morning to ensure that a Tax Webcast training seminar was working properly and right now I'm blogging as the Earl Grey tea attempts to clear the grogginess from my Read More
posted Tuesday, January 17, 2006 7:50 AM by bradley | 2 Comments
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Outgoing VPN connections having issues?

So Mike asked..... Hi, I was wondering if anyone else has a problem with outgoing VPN connections after uploading SBS SP1. Everthing works as before with ISA 2000 but I have a VPN connection to a friend I support and this is now being blocked by ISA2004 Read More
posted Friday, January 06, 2006 9:30 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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The logging of ISA

When I installed ISA 2004 on my server I ended up ...well... due to the fact that the antivirus that I had totally forgot that was on and held IISAdmin up and running, my install kinda got messed up.  So in the process I ended up installing ISA 2004 Read More
posted Thursday, December 15, 2005 4:58 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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Whoo hooo another SBS Support Podcast

The Official SBS Support Blog : Inside SBS Episode #12 - The ISA Server Meltdown: http://blogs.technet.com/sbs/archive/2005/12/09/415881.aspx The SBS gang have another podcast just in time for the weekend! Read More
posted Friday, December 09, 2005 11:38 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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ISA Server Best Practices Analyzer

The Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server Best Practices Analyzer Tool is designed for administrators who want to determine the overall health of their ISA Server computers and to diagnose current problems. The tool scans the configuration Read More
posted Thursday, December 08, 2005 5:21 PM by bradley | 4 Comments
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The result of the Firewall Dashboard

So yesterday I found out via the Scorpion Software Firewall “in your face” Dashboard that my router had been pinging me to death.  So I “un RIP'd“ my hardware firewall on the outside about 9 p.m last night. So what does my Read More
posted Thursday, December 08, 2005 1:02 PM by bradley | 1 Comments
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My ISA Server just got a smidge better [okay a lot better]

So I ran a test install of the Scorpion Firewall Dashboard on a VMware SBS 2003 [yes with ISA as you can do two nics] at home and the install was so nice and clean and easy and just sooooo cool...and well while the reports were fun.... well.. being Read More
posted Wednesday, December 07, 2005 8:11 PM by bradley | 3 Comments
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The tcp/ip per client connections revisited

Remember when I wacked off the tcp/ip connections per client because I was tired of getting my own connection limited?  Amy's webcast reminded me of why this is not a wise move along with this blog post. So I fired up the ISA configuration.  Read More
posted Wednesday, November 23, 2005 3:03 PM by bradley | 0 Comments
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