Dr. Tom Shinder's ISA Server and Beyond [ILLUSTRATED] (Hardcover)

by Thomas W. Shinder (Author), Martin Grasdal (Author), Debra Littlejohn Shinder (Author) "Our first ISA Server book, Configuring ISA Server 2000, was written while we were still struggling to master a completely new piece of software, one..." (more)
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Product Description
From Dr. Tom Shinder, the IT industry's foremost authority on ISA Server, this book demystifies the least understood and most under documented ISA Server configurations, including extensive coverage of DMZ topologies, Web and Server Publishing, Exchange Server services and Outlook Web Access. Recognizing that ISA Server is only one part of a multilayered security plan, it discusses how to integrate ISA Server with other Windows security features, such as the Security Configuration Toolset, the Encrypting File System, IPSec, and IIS security, and how to implement smart card authentication and secure wireless networks.

About the Author
Dr. Thomas W. Shinder is the bestselling author of Configuring ISA Server 2000 (ISBN: 1-928994-29-6) and has contributed to over 20 Windows 2000 related books. He is the editor and moderator for the leading ISA Server 2000 site.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 1000 pages
• Publisher: Syngress; 1 edition (November 10, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1931836663
• ISBN-13: 978-1931836661
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 7.7 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #769,657 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ISA and Beyond is Slammin!, February 2, 2003

By	Shimonski (NY United States) - See all my reviews

This book rocks. As a user of ISA server (two of them) in a production environment I heavily relied on ISAServer.org, White papers and Toms first guide out for ISA to set up my solution properly. It took me about 1 year of research and effort to really understand this product and its infinite abilities as a proxy and a firewall and now that I understand its little quirks, I wanted to expand past this knowledge into another realm of understanding. I picked up ISA and beyond to round off my knowledge and it did just that. This book was truly written with the reader and their goals in mind. Dr Tom and crew strikes again making this really cool product FINALLY easy to learn and manipulate.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tom Shinder is THE MAN, May 13, 2003

By	Ralph Tewksbury (Austin) - See all my reviews

I bought this book after I saw Tom Shinder speak at a conference. I really enjoyed his presentation, mostly because he just explained compicated things in plain English and also because he was really willing to stick around after his talk and help people (including me!). I figured that his book would have the same kind of style, and I'm not at all disappointed. He covers everything you could possible want to know about ISA Server, and MS Security in general. I learned more about IIS security in the one chapter in this book than I have reading entire books on IIS. That's why this book is so good because you get the absolute maximum amount of content possible out of every chapter. It's all based on real experience and there is no fluff. You just can't go wrong with this book.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another GREAT ISA book!, January 21, 2003

By	Sam (Tempe) - See all my reviews

I read Shinder's first ISA book, and I'm pretty sure that I could not have survived without it. Anyone working with ISA knows how difficult it is, and you really do need a good book to use. Once I finally got things up and running there were tons of other things I wanted to start doing w/ ISA mostly with DMZs and web publishing. This book has helped me get to the next level just like the first book helped me to get started. Shinder really has a talent for communicating very complex stuff in a very easy to understand way.