What are the Winsock Proxy service and the Microsoft Firewall service?
Proxy Server 2.0’s Winsock Proxy service and ISA Server’s Microsoft Firewall service both allow Internet applications to perform as if they were directly connected to the Internet. These services redirect the necessary communications functions to a Proxy Server 2.0 or ISA Server computer, thus establishing a communication path from the internal application to the Internet through the server computer. The services eliminate the need for a specific gateway for each protocol, such as Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP), Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), Telnet, or File Transfer Protocol (FTP). Is the Winsock Proxy Service or Microsoft Firewall service enabled by default? The Winsock Proxy service is enabled by default in Proxy Server 2.0. The Microsoft Firewall server is enabled by default in ISA Server firewall mode and ISA Server integrated mode installations. It is disabled in ISA Server cache mode installations. How do I know if either service is running on my server?
