Re: Is Firewall Client necessary?

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From: Thomas W Shinder [MVP] (tshinder_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 07/14/04


Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 13:22:02 -0500

Hi Mervin,

The firewall client is *not* causing problems with RealPlayer.

HTH,

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"Mervin Williams" <mwilliams@innovasolutions.net> wrote in message
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: Our contract administrator configured our network with Microsoft Small
: Business Server 2003.  For security, setup ISA and installed Microsoft
: Firewall Client on every client machine.
:
: Since then, we've been having several problems daily, from internet access
: not being available to clients to services (such as Real Player) not being
: accessible. A "second opinion" administrator seems to think that the
: problems stem from Microsoft Firewall Client. He says that the Firewall
: Client is not needed to use the security features of ISA.  We allowed the
: 2nd admin to remove Firewall Client from the client machines, but we are
now
: having problems when we VPN to the network.
:
: My questions are:
:
: (1) Is Microsoft Firewall Client needed in order to operate securely using
: ISA?
:
: (2) What is the purpose for Firewall Client?
:
: (3) If Firewall Client is not needed, how do we configure VPN access so
that
: we can access all system resources and even use Roaming Profiles?
:
: Thanks in advance,
:
: Mervin Williams
:
:


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