Hello Community: I have not been posting as much directly here on the technical blog as the rest of the team. I hope you are enjoying the wave of technical content that is now coming out about the upcoming TMG release. This was based on direct feedback and in response to your demand. Let us…
Tag: Forefront TMG
The Road to RC Needs Telemetry
Hello Community: I wanted to provide an update to everyone where we are at with the upcoming release and also put out a call to action for some help. First of all, an update on the product release. We have just internally completed our escrow test pass cycle for the upcoming release candidate (RC) version. …
Announcing the Availability of Forefront TMG URL Filtering Telemetry Package
URL Filtering Telemetry Package and Coverage Enhancements With Forefront TMG Beta3, we introduced URL filtering leveraging the Microsoft Reputation Service (MRS). As we approach the Forefront TMG release candidate and release to market, we are working to improve the coverage and accuracy of our URL filtering offering and fine-tune it to address the…
An Inside View: The Road From Beta to RTM
Hello Community: I have not blogged in a while, so I thought I would provide some insights on what the team has been busy with since releasing Beta 3 in June. First, we have released a number of updates to NIS through Microsoft Update, our Beta 3 tools and SDK and also updates on…
Update on the Office Web Components Advisory
Hello Community: I wanted to provide an update the last post as it appears there has been some confusion around the affected components and releases. The potential threats due to this vulnerability are discussed specifically in Microsoft Security Advisory (973472). The reason ISA Server 2000 and Forefront TMG are both included in the vulnerable…
Office Web Components Advisory, ISA Server and Forefront TMG
Hello Community: I would like to clarify some points for you regarding the security advisory that was released on 13 July. Microsoft Security Advisory 937432 provides information about a vulnerability in Office Web Components (OWC) and links to a mechanism to help mitigate this vulnerability. As many customers have noticed, ISA Server 2004 and ISA…
Bing Safe Search, ISA Server and Forefront TMG
Introduction With the release of Microsoft’s new search portal (AKA decision engine), the Bing team has offered a couple of methods by which you can filter out unwanted content; generally classified as “explicit”. Unfortunately, the first method outlined in the Bing blog doesn’t help ISA or TMG users. To help make this easier for firewall…
URL Filtering is Here!
Quick Introduction Hi Everyone, We are proud to introduce as part of Forefront TMG Beta3 one of the key elements in the Secure Web Gateway (SWG) role of Forefront TMG – URL Filtering. URL Filtering allows controlling end-user access to Web sites, protecting the organization by denying access to known malicious sites and to sites…
Forefront TMG Beta 3 is Released
Hi Everyone: Our third and final planned beta is upon us and I am proud to announce that Forefront TMG Beta 3 is not only feature complete, but it is publicly available for everyone to download. This is an important milestone for the team as we are for the first time publicly previewing our integrated…
A Few Words on the TMG Firewall Client
One of the more common questions I have heard recently from customers is: “Do I need to deploy the new TMG Firewall Client (FWC) to interoperate with TMG on down-level clients?” The very simple answer is no. The previous versions of the (ISA) firewall client work just fine with TMG and accordingly, the TMG FWC…