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Microsoft Forefront UAG 2010 Administrator's Handbook

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Microsoft Forefront UAG 2010 Administrator's Handbook

Overview of this book

Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway (UAG) is the latest in a line of Application Publishing (Reverse Proxy) and Remote Access (VPN) Server products. The broad set of features and technologies integrated into UAG makes for a steep learning curve. Understanding all the features and abilities of UAG is a complex task that can be daunting even to experienced networking and security engineers. This book is the first to be dedicated solely to Microsoft Forefront UAG. It guides you step-by-step throughout all the stages of deployment, from design to troubleshooting. Written by the absolute experts who have taken part of the product’s development, official training and support, this book covers all the primary features of UAG in a friendly style and a manner that is easy to follow. It takes you from the initial planning and design stage, through deployment and configuration, up to maintenance and troubleshooting. The book starts by introducing UAG's features and and abilities, and how your organization can benefit from them. It then goes on to guide you through planning and designing the integration of the product into your own unique environment. Further, the book guides you through the process of publishing the various applications, servers and resources - from simple web applications to complex client/server based applications. It also details the various VPN technologies that UAG provides and how to take full advantage of them. The later chapters of the book educate you with common routine “upkeep” tasks like monitoring, backup and troubleshooting of common issues. Finally, the book includes an introduction to ASP, which some of the product's features are based on, and can help the advanced administrator with enhancing and customizing the product.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
Microsoft Forefront UAG 2010 Administrator's Handbook
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Choosing or designing the appropriate policies for your organization


As you have seen above, the built-in policies that ship with UAG are simple, but which one should you use? Well, there's no definite catch-all answer, of course, but here are some things that you should take under consideration:

  • Whatever policy you choose, remember that it only controls the endpoint computer. An endpoint policy can enhance security, but it's not a replacement for proper user and access control.

  • If your users typically use their home computers, remember that they may run whatever they want on them, including things that may be harmful, such as a file-sharing application or a comprehensive collection of worms and spyware.

  • Despite the above, beware of choosing or creating policies that will torture your users. An organization may have preference to certain endpoint security products, but requiring everyone to use a specific product may be considered to be crossing the line. This may also have legal implications...