Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway

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Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010
Developer(s)Microsoft
Initial release1 January 1997 (1997-01-01)
Final release
2010 / 10 October 2011; 12 years ago (2011-10-10)[1]
Trialware
Websitewww.microsoft.com/tmg

Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway (Forefront TMG), formerly known as Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server (ISA Server), is a discontinued network

Microsoft Corporation. It ran on Windows Server and works by inspecting all network traffic that passes through it.[3]

Features

Microsoft Forefront TMG offers a set of features which include:[4]

  1. Routing and remote access features: Microsoft Forefront TMG can act as a router, an Internet gateway, a virtual private network (VPN) server, a network address translation (NAT) server and a proxy server.
  2. Security features: Microsoft Forefront TMG is a
    anti-malware protection
    .
  3. Network performance features: Microsoft Forefront TMG can also improve network performance: It can compress web traffic to improve communication speed. It also offers
    Microsoft Update
    website.

History

Microsoft Proxy Server

The Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway product line originated with Microsoft Proxy Server. Developed under the

WinSock translation/tunnelling client which allowed TCP/IP applications, such as web browsers, to operate transparently without any TCP/IP on the wire. Although well-integrated into Windows NT4,[7] Microsoft Proxy Server v1.0 only had basic functionality, and came in only one edition. Extended support for Microsoft Proxy Server v1.0 ended on 31 March 2002.[6]

Microsoft Proxy Server v2.0 was launched in December 1997,

end of life on 31 December 2004.[8]

ISA Server 2000

On 18 March 2001, Microsoft launched Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2000 (ISA Server 2000).

Clustering not included in the Standard Edition. ISA Server 2000 required Windows 2000 (any edition), and will also run on Windows Server 2003. In accordance with Microsoft's Support Lifecycle Policy, ISA Server 2000 was the first ISA Server product to use the 10-year support lifecycle with 5 years of Mainstream support and five years of Extended support. ISA Server 2000 reached End of Life on 12 April 2011.[9]

ISA Server 2004

Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2004 (ISA Server 2004) was released on 8 September 2004.

application layer firewall support, Active Directory integration, SecureNAT[clarification needed
], and improved reporting and management features. The rules based configuration was also considerably simplified over ISA Server 2000 version.

ISA Server 2004 Enterprise Edition included array support, integrated

Outlook Web Access (OWA), Outlook Mobile Access (OMA) or ActiveSync
. Using the Forms-based Authentication (FBA) authentication type, ISA Server can be used to pre-authenticate web clients so that traffic from unauthenticated clients to published servers is not allowed.

ISA Server 2004 is available in two editions, Standard and Enterprise. Enterprise Edition contains features enabling policies to be configured on an array level, rather than on individual ISA Servers, and load-balancing across multiple ISA Servers. Each edition of ISA Server is licensed per processor. (The version included in Windows Small Business Server 2000/2003 Premium includes licensing for 2 processors.)

ISA Server 2004 runs on Windows Server 2003 Standard or Enterprise Edition. Appliance hardware containing Windows Server 2003 Appliance Edition and ISA Server Standard Edition is available from a variety of Microsoft Partners.[11]

ISA Server 2006

Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2006 (ISA Server 2006) was released on 17 October 2006.[12] It is an updated version of ISA Server 2004, and retains all features from ISA Server 2004 except Message Screener.

ISA Server 2006 introduced new features including:

  • Support for Exchange Server 2007 (referred to as "Exchange 12" in the Microsoft ISA Server 2006 Evaluation Guide)[13]: 73 
  • New configuration wizards for various tasks such as setting up a "site-to-site VPN connection", publishing SharePoint services, publishing websites, creating firewall rules.[13]: 75, 80 
  • Introduction of single sign-on for groups of published web sites.[13]: 82 
  • Improvements to user authentication including the addition of LDAP Authentication support[13]: 82 
  • Resistance to
    flood attacks, to protect the ISA server from being "unavailable, compromised, or unmanageable during a flooding attack."[13]
    : 55, 62–64, 81 
  • Performance features such as BITS Caching, Web Publishing Load Balancing and HTTP compression.[13]: 84 

ISA Server Appliance Edition Microsoft also offered ISA Server 2006 Appliance Edition. It was designed to be pre-installed onto OEM hardware (

server appliances) that are sold by hardware manufacturers as a stand-alone firewall type device.[14] Along with Appliance Edition, ISA server 2006 Standard Edition and Enterprise Edition were available in preconfigured hardware.[13]
: 76 

Microsoft Forefront TMG MBE

Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway Medium Business Edition (Forefront TMG MBE) is the next version of ISA Server which is also included with

Windows Essential Business Server. This version only runs on the 64-bit edition of Windows Server 2008 and does not support Enterprise edition features such as array support or Enterprise policy. Mainstream support for Forefront TMG MBE ended on 12 November 2013.[15]

Microsoft Forefront TMG 2010

Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010 (Forefront TMG 2010) was released on 17 November 2009.

SharePoint 2010 lines of products.[18] Service Pack 2 for this product was released on 10 October 2011.[1] On 9 September 2012 Microsoft announced no further development will take place on Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010 and the product will no longer be available for purchase as of 1 December 2012. Mainstream support ceased on 14 April 2015 and extended support has ended on 14 April 2020.[19]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Download details: Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010 Service Pack 2". Microsoft Download Center. Microsoft corporation. 10 October 2011. Retrieved 17 November 2011.
  2. ^ "Download Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010". Microsoft corporation. Retrieved 26 March 2010.
  3. ^ "Forefront Threat Management Gateway: Overview". Microsoft. Retrieved 1 March 2010.
  4. ^ "Forefront Threat Management Gateway: Features". Microsoft corporation. Retrieved 1 March 2010.
  5. ^ "Microsoft Ships Proxy Server 1.0". News Center. Microsoft. 29 October 1996. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  6. ^ a b "Microsoft Support Lifecycle". Retrieved 5 June 2007.
  7. ^ "Microsoft ISA Server". 30 July 2002. Retrieved 5 June 2007.
  8. ^ a b "Microsoft Support Lifecycle: Proxy Server 2.0 Standard Edition". Retrieved 5 June 2007.
  9. ^ a b "Microsoft Support Lifecycle ISA 2000". Retrieved 9 March 2009.
  10. ^ "Microsoft Support Lifecycle ISA 2004". Retrieved 9 March 2009.
  11. ^ "Deploy ISA Server and IAG in Minutes with Hardware Solutions". Microsoft. Retrieved 5 June 2007.
  12. ^ "Microsoft Support Lifecycle ISA 2006". Retrieved 9 March 2009.
  13. ^ a b c d e f g "Microsoft ISA Server 2006 Evaluation Guide". Microsoft. July 2006. Archived from the original (DOC) on 2 September 2006. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  14. ^ "Internet Security and Acceleration Server: hardware partners". Microsoft. Archived from the original on 30 January 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2009.
  15. ^ "Search Product and Services Lifecycle Information - Microsoft Lifecycle".
  16. ^ "Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010 Release". Forefront TMG (ISA Server) team blog. Microsoft corporation. 17 November 2009. Retrieved 26 March 2010. It is our pleasure to announce that Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010 was released to manufacturing yesterday (Nov 16th, 2009) [~snip~]
  17. ^ "Download details: Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010 Service Pack 1". Microsoft Download Center. Microsoft corporation. 23 June 2010. Retrieved 15 July 2010.
  18. ^ "What's new in Forefront TMG 2010 SP1". Microsoft TechNet. Microsoft Corporation. 15 June 2010. Retrieved 15 July 2010.
  19. ^ "Important Changes to Forefront Product Roadmaps". Microsoft TechNet. Microsoft Corporation. 12 September 2012. Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2012.

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