RE: Microsoft Proxy 2.0 vs. ISA 2000

[Correa, Andre]

Title: Microsoft Proxy 2.0 vs. ISA 2000

I haven’t used ISA, but at one of my old shops we used Websense connected to PIIX firewall.  Websense could give us reporting on all of the users, which users went to which sites, and could block pretty much anything you wanted.   Websense was purchased before I came onboard, so I don’t know what the hit against your budget will be, but it was pretty easy to install and configure.   ____________________________________________ Andre Correa Senior Manager/Information Technology Lexitron, Inc (201) 892-6399   -----Original Message----- From: Goodman, Keith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 1:40 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Microsoft Proxy 2.0 vs. ISA 2000   Ok, I asked this question before on another Sunbelt list but didn't get a chance to pay attention to the responses.  This time, I'm gonna ask here and I'll pay attention! :) We're currently using Microsoft Proxy 2.0 for our proxying needs.  However, for everything but HTTP requests and ftp requests through HTTP, Microsoft Proxy 2.0 requires all clients to have Winsock installed before proxying any other requests.  This is obviously undesirable.  My issues are these: 1.) We are looking for a proxy server that does proxying transparently based on only server settings (clients of course will still need to point all apps to the proxy server).  I know there are packages out there that do this, such as the linux version of Apache that our ISP was using when we had ISP functions outsourced.  Can anyone recommend an NT-based package that allows us to not have to install anything on the client side? 2.)  I started looking at Microsoft Internet Security & Acceleration Server 2000 (ISA 2000) as our Microsoft Proxy 2.0 replacement.  Does anyone know if this has the same limitations as Microsoft Proxy 2.0, in that each client has to have a component installed to proxy everything but http and ftp through http requests? Thanks for all responses! http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm