ISA Server 2000 introduced an impressive new array of features, nearly all of which
focused on turning it into a full-functioned security device. This version of the product
was the first that marketed it as a firewall by and of itself. It was this claim that was
greeted with skepticism by the security community, given the somewhat shaky track
record that Microsoft products had at that time.
The politics of the security community being what they were, ISA Server 2000 faced an
uphill battle for acceptance. In addition, deficiencies such as the lack of multi-network
support, confusing firewall rules, and a haphazard interface limited the large-scale deployment
of ISA 2000.
Unveiling the Next Generation: ISA Server 2004
While ISA Server 2000 was slowly gaining ground, the ISA Server team started work on the
next version, code-named Stingray. The result of this project was the product released as
the Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2004. This version of ISA was vastly
improved over the previous versions of the product, and it quickly became noticed in the
wider security community. In addition to fine-tuning and honing the capabilities it inherited
from ISA Server 2000, ISA Server 2004 introduced a wide variety of new and improved
security features that further extended its capabilities.
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