Microsoft ISA Server 2000 Part 2: Enterprise Deployment Considerations

Audience

The audience for this course includes IT professionals operating in medium to large computing environments that use the Microsoft Windows 2000 Server operating system. They will be involved with Web administration network administration and security administration. Suggest prerequisite knowledge of outbound access methods for typical client services and applications such as Web access e-mail Telnet FTP virtual private networking (VPN) desktop management and access control policies. This course prepares learners for Microsoft exam number 70-227.

Objective

• Identify guidelines for securing an ISA server.
• Generate system security settings.
• Identify characteristics of a perimeter network.
• Identify benefits of ISA Server 2000 Enterprise Edition.
• Identify installation configuration options.
• Install an ISA Server 2000 schema.

Topics Include

Unit 1: Securing and Monitoring the Server

• Identify guidelines for securing an ISA server.
• Generate system security settings.
• Identify characteristics of a perimeter network.
• Identify methods that ISA Server 2000 uses to control network traffic.
• Identify characteristics of packet filtering.
• Enable packet filtering and IP routing.
• Sequence the steps to create an IP packet filter.
• Match ISA Server 2000 application filters with their functions.
• Identify the features of the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) filter.
• Identify features of the Streaming Media filter.
• Identify characteristics of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) Redirector filter.
• Identify features of the H.323 standard.
• Configure an H.323 Gatekeeper.
• Configure the H.323 Filter.
• Identify characteristics of publishing a server.
• Publish a server.
• Configure Web server publishing rules.
• Configure listeners for incoming Web requests.
• Change ports for redirection.
• Configure ISA Server 2000 support for incoming Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) requests that use certificate services.
• Configure ISA Server 2000 to require a secure SSL channel.
• Identify features of a VPN.
• Configure a VPN for client connections.
• Configure a local VPN server.
• Configure a remote VPN Server.
• Identify guidelines for planning a monitoring strategy.
• Identify types of network intrusions.
• Configure intrusion detection options.
• Identify types of events that ISA Server 2000 can detect.
• Configure log settings for ISA Server 2000.
• Configure ISA Server 2000 to log packets.
• Configure log summaries.
• Create a report job.
• View and save a report.
• Disconnect a client session.
• Identify ISA Server 2000 performance objects.
• Disconnect an active H.323 Gatekeeper session.
• Identify features of the tools used to test the ISA Server 2000 configuration.

Unit 2: Configuring ISA Server for an Enterprise

• Identify benefits of ISA Server 2000 Enterprise Edition.
• Identify installation configuration options.
• Install an ISA Server 2000 schema.
• Identify features of the ISA Server 2000 Software Development Kit (SDK).
• Identify guidelines for setting up an array.
• Install the first ISA server in an array.
• Create a new array.
• Sequence the steps in promoting a stand-alone server.
• Sequence the steps in maintaining enterprise configurations.
• Combine an enterprise and an array policy.
• Identify features of the routing process.
• Configure routing for Web proxy client requests.
• Configure firewall chaining.
• Sequence the steps in the automatic discovery process.
• Customize settings for Web Proxy clients.
• Identify features of the Cache Array Routing Protocol (CARP).

Duration

8

Minimum Requirements

The CDROM version of this course requires:

• At least a 486DX 33Mhz CPU.
• Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher and a Microsoft compatible mouse.
• At least 8MB RAM.
• At least VGA graphics capability with a minimum 512K video RAM (1MB video RAM recommended).
• At least a double speed CDROM drive.
• An MPC compliant sound card with attached speakers or headphones is recommended (Currently only the CDROM version supports audio).

• At least a 486DX 33Mhz CPU.
• Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher and a Microsoft compatible mouse.
• At least 8MB RAM and 22MB available hard disk space or file server space.
• At least VGA graphics capability with a minimum 512K video RAM (1MB video RAM recommended).

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