Learn How to Setup and Manage ISA Server 2004
- Learn ISA Server 2004 by Watching it Configured on a Live Network!
- Over 11 Hours of ISA Server 2004 Firewall Training Videos on 2 Jam Packed DVDs!
- Scenario based training taught
- PDF of Instructor Notes allow you to follow along with the videos and take more organized notes.
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ISA Server 2004 Firewall Training Course Outline:
ISA Server 2004 Course Outline
Intro to Firewalls and ISA Server 2004
You will benefit by starting with this video because it lays out the roadmap for what you will learn in this course.
- Why are firewalls and ISA Server important and what do you need to know?
- How are Train Signal videos different from other training videos?
- Quick overview of the topic covered throughout this lab
Lab Setup Video
This video is important because it covers the scenario that you will be using throughout the course
Firewall Concepts
Knowing what a firewall is and why you need a firewall is going to be a building block and your knowledge base for the more detailed material concerning ISA Server 2004 in this course.
- What is a firewall?
- Why do I need a firewall?
- What are the different types of firewalls?
- Security Policies
Firewall Design and Implementation
This video will help you choose the right firewall, show you where ISA server fits into this, and you will also get to see a demonstration of a firewall in action.
- Problems you will encounter when using a firewall.
- Benefits to using a firewall
- What ISA does and what it doesn’t do.
- How many firewalls do I need, what kind, and where do I put them?
- Choosing the right firewall.
- Firewall demonstration – Cisco and Linksys
- Implementing a new firewall
Client-side Firewalls
This video is important because it shows you the good and the bad of client-side firewalls. You also get to see the different types of client side firewalls; all in an effort to help you make the best decision possible when choosing a firewall. Also, a major benefit of this video is that you will see how to configure the Windows built-in firewall and you will get to see how to install and configure Zonealarm.
- Pro’s and Cons
- Application vs. port-based
- Windows built-in firewall
- ZoneAlarm
Installation of ISA Server
Not only will you get to see how to install ISA Server, but you will also get to see tips for installing ISA Server and you will go over the best practices to follow when installing ISA Server.
- Installation tips
- Installation best practices
- Installing ISA Server
Introduction to and Management of ISA Server
Knowing how to configure and manage ISA Server is the core knowledge you will need to benefit from the many features ISA Server offers..
- Introduction to ISA Server concepts
- Overview of ISA features
- Initial configuration of ISA Server
- Management of ISA Server
- Importance of Windows Active Directory
- Remote management of ISA
- Hardening the default ISA Server install
Connecting to the Internet
Configuring and managing your ISA Server is a big part of what you will learn in this course, but you have to be able to connect your machines to the Internet. You need to make sure that you can connect to the Internet from your ISA Server and from a client machine and this video will make sure you know how to do this.
- Connecting to the Internet from the ISA Server
- Connecting to the Internet from a Windows client using Web Proxy
Configuring ISA Firewall Access Policies
The main benefit of this video is that you get to see how to create Firewall Access Policies to keep unwanted traffic from accessing your network.
- Introduction to Access Policies
- Access rule elements
- Configuring access policies and rules
- Use access policies to stop spyware, adware, spam and other unwanted network applications
Configuring Secure NAT
Nearly every business has employees that need to connect to the Internet. Secure NAT allows many hosts to connect to the Internet from a private network, using the same IP address. This is something you will need to know how to configure to be completely proficient in ISA Server 2004
- Introduction to SecureNAT
- Advantages and limitation of SecureNAT
- Configuring SecureNAT
ISA Clients and Automatic Provisioning
If your company requires that all websites visited must be logged with the username of the employee visiting those websites, then you will benefit greatly from the concepts in this video. What was just described is called authentication and you will learn this concept as well as how to use access policies to restrict certain users from navigating to certain websites..
- Firewall client
- Web proxy client
- Automating client provisioning and Auto discovery
- Automating Firewall client installation using GPO
Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI) and Application Layer Filtering (ALF)
You will benefit from this video because you will see how to use SPI to open a particular port only when the firewall is expecting a response to a request, which provides for better security. Also, knowing how to use Application Layer Filtering will allow you to configure your ISA Server to screen certain keywords in emails so you could hold or delete these emails based on your company’s policies.
- Introduction to Stateful Packet Inspection
- Introduction to Application Layer Filtering
- What are application filters?
- What are web filters?
- Configuring HTTP Filtering
- Using SPI for intrusion detection and prevention
Caching with ISA Server
Every administrator would like to keep the utilization of the Internet connection as low as possible. If you are the administrator of a large company, knowing how to configure web cashing will help you save significant bandwidth.
- What do you need to know about web caching with ISA?
- Configuring web caching
- Monitoring web caching and configuring rules
Publishing Applications using ISA
Many companies have users that need to access their email through the internet when they are outside of the office. Knowing how to use Publishing will allow you to make this process possible for your users by making available the minimum number of protocols required to securely allow these users access through the ISA Server.
- Purpose and types of publishing
- Benefits of publishing
- Publishing specific applications – Web, Exchange SMTP, OWA, RPC
Split DNS
- Configuring application publishing
Configuring ISA VPN
Knowing how to configure ISA as a VPN server will be beneficial for any administrator that has users that need access to the entire network at your company, from outside the company network.
- PPTP VPN Server
- L2TP/IPSEC VPN Server
- Windows AP and RADIUS Authentication
- VPN Quarantine
Configuring ISA Site-to-site VPN
If you are an administrator of a company network that has two branch offices in two different locations, or even if you one day aspire to be that administrator, you will need to know how to configure ISA Site-to-site VPN. This is a low cost way to connect the two separate locations and is used by many of today’s companies.
- Introduction to Site-to-site VPN
- Selecting a tunneling protocol
- Remote site networks
- Network and access rules for Site-to-site VPN tunnels
- Remote-site VPN gateway servers
- Configuring a Site-to-site VPN
3rd Party Products for ISA Server
This video will show you how to use many of the important third party products that are available for ISA Server 2004, so that you can maximize the protection it provides.
- Important products for ISA
- GFI Web Monitor for ISA
- SurfControl for ISA
- Akonix for ISA
- Panda Anti-virus for ISA
- Microsoft’s free tools for ISA Server
- Community Forums for ISA
ISA Server 2004 Enterprise
The benefit of this video is that you get to examine the different features that are available in ISA Server 2004 Enterprise edition, and how to install and configure these features. Many businesses use ISA Server 2004 but many other businesses use the Enterprise edition so it is great to have knowledge of the different features that are available in the Enterprise edition.
- Benefits of ISA Enterprise Edition
- Network Load Balancing
- Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM)
- Configuring ISA Arrays
- Configuring Cache Array Routing Protocol (CARP)
Monitor and Troubleshoot ISA
- Monitoring
- Logging
- Reporting
- Alerting
- Customize the HTTP Error page in ISA Server
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