Microsoft heeft onlangs een nieuwe versie van hun Internet Security and Acceleration Server uitgebracht welke gedoopt is als Microsoft ISA Server 2004. De user interface is drastisch aangepast zoals je op deze twaalf screenshots kunt zien. Het changelog is helaas te groot om hier onder te plaatsen maar de volgende opsomming past wel:
New Features:
ISA Server 2004 includes many new features and improvements, particularly when installed on a system running Windows Server 2003. These include:
- A new, simplified user interface
- Support for multiple networks
- Improved VPN support
- VPN quarantine capabilities
- Ability to create custom firewall user groups
- More extensive protocol support
- Customized protocol definitions
- OWA Publishing Wizard
- Improved support for FTP upload/download policy
- Improved Web publishing
- Port redirection for server publishing rules
- Improved cache rules for centralized object storage
- Path mapping for Web publishing rules
- RADIUS support for Web proxy client authentication
- Delegation of basic authentication
- SecureID authentication
- Firewall-generated forms (forms-based authentication)
- Improved SMTP Message Screener
- Improved HTTP filtering
- Link translation
- Improved monitoring and reporting