Dear Apple Fans,
We are due to install an XServe, running Tiger Server 10.4 to host our research project's website (amongst other things). - Being based in a university where Microsoft rules, and where the IT department are *PARANOID* about security (especially the threat of Macs on the network) - they insist that it be installed behind the Microsoft Proxy Server (ISA 2004) to protect unauthorised attacks from outside.
At the moment our (small) office of macs (3 to be precise) is connected onto this network behind the ISA Server, and despite the best efforts of the IT department and myself to try to configure it to work, I routinely can't do anything much more than browse HTTP web pages, and view webmail. FTP access still doesn't work after repeated efforts (even though PC's on the same network have no problems). They also have set up a VPN account for me, which relieves some of the problems (like accessing POP3 mail accounts etc.) but I still can't do stuff like using Remote Desktop to access my home machine etc..
My basic question is this: - Is it actually possible to configure the ISA Proxy Server so it is COMPLETELY compatible with the XServe, or am I right in thinking that it's one complete headache to get the two talking to each other nicely? - I'm hesitant about paying out for an XServe from the project budget, if the ISA Server is going to constantly throw up configuration problems that we can't resolve.
Can anyone shed any light on the matter?
Thanks in advance!
We are due to install an XServe, running Tiger Server 10.4 to host our research project's website (amongst other things). - Being based in a university where Microsoft rules, and where the IT department are *PARANOID* about security (especially the threat of Macs on the network) - they insist that it be installed behind the Microsoft Proxy Server (ISA 2004) to protect unauthorised attacks from outside.
At the moment our (small) office of macs (3 to be precise) is connected onto this network behind the ISA Server, and despite the best efforts of the IT department and myself to try to configure it to work, I routinely can't do anything much more than browse HTTP web pages, and view webmail. FTP access still doesn't work after repeated efforts (even though PC's on the same network have no problems). They also have set up a VPN account for me, which relieves some of the problems (like accessing POP3 mail accounts etc.) but I still can't do stuff like using Remote Desktop to access my home machine etc..
My basic question is this: - Is it actually possible to configure the ISA Proxy Server so it is COMPLETELY compatible with the XServe, or am I right in thinking that it's one complete headache to get the two talking to each other nicely? - I'm hesitant about paying out for an XServe from the project budget, if the ISA Server is going to constantly throw up configuration problems that we can't resolve.
Can anyone shed any light on the matter?
Thanks in advance!