ISA Server 2004 Configuration Guide 2
Introduction
Welcome to the ISA Server 2004 Configuration Guide! This guide was designed to help you
get started using ISA Server 2004 firewalls to protect your network and allow secure remote
access to your network. While the Guide isn’t a comprehensive set of documentation of all
network scenarios, it will expose you to many of the most commonly used features of ISA
Server 2004.
Firewalls have traditionally been among the most difficult network devices to configure and
maintain. You need to have a basic understanding of TCP/IP and networking services in order
to fully understand how a firewall works. The good news is that you don’t need to be a
network infrastructure professional to use ISA Server 2004 as your network firewall. ISA
Server 2004 is designed from the ground up to secure your network and it does so right out of
the box.
This chapter of the ISA Server 2004 Configuration Guide will:
• Help you learn about ISA Server 2004 features
• Provide advice on how to use the Guide to configure the ISA Server 2004 firewall
• Describe the details of the ISA Server 2004 Configuration Guide Lab Configuration
