Dr. Tom Shinder's ISA Server 2006 Migration Guide

Chapter 4. Creating and Using ISA 2006 Firewall Access Policy

Solutions in this chapter:

• ISA Firewall Access Rule Elements

• Configuring Access Rules for Outbound Access through the ISA Firewall

• Using Scripts to Populate Domain Name Sets

• Allowing Intradomain Communications through the ISA Firewall

The ISA firewall’s Access Policy (also known as firewall policy) includes Web Publishing Rules, Server Publishing Rules and Access Rules. Web Publishing Rules and Server Publishing Rules are used to allow inbound access and Access Rules are used to control outbound access.

The concepts of inbound and outbound access are somewhat more confusing with the new ISA firewall, when compared to their interpretations in ISA Server 2000. The reason for this is that ISA ...