What happened before ISA Server?
The history of ISA Server goes back to a product named Proxy Server 1.0. At the time, the m fast and secure Internet access market saw one more player – the Microsoft Corporation. Proxy Server 1.0, however, was merely a means for the effective conduct of initial market research. The market responded favourably to this product being integrated within the existing Windows NT 4.0 enterprise networking systems. The first edition of MS Proxy Server had many limitations. It supported only a few basic Internet protocols and its implemented security tool functions were rather obsolete. Microsofts second try at a Proxy Server 2.0 was a natural evolution with many useful and expected functions. One great application of this tool is to use Windows NT account databases. Therefore, user management within the enterprise has been considerably simplified. Many more protocols are supported, as well as caching services, packet filtering capability and considerably enhanced security performance have also
