Securing the Windows gateway: a checklist

It takes work to make any installation of an operating system secure -- or at least secure against the vast majority of threats out there, since the idea of total computer security is somewhat misleading. If you're using Windows as your gateway server, via Microsoft's ISA Server or a similar product, then you need to give your gateway extra-special attention.

A full exploration of all the possible roles for ISA Server (as a front-end firewall, as a perimeter network firewall, etc.) would be beyond the scope of this piece, but consider the following core c

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onsiderations for keeping a Windows-based gateway computer secure:

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