In addition, information on how to create custom
download jobs and how to automatically configure proxy
clients is outlined.
Understanding the Acceleration
Component of the Internet
Acceleration Server 2006
ISA Server has a long history of providing web proxy access
to network clients. In fact, the original name of the product,
before it was rechristened as the Internet Security and
Acceleration Server, was Proxy Server. The Proxy Server
component of ISA is still strong and robust, but it has been
overshadowed by the strong emphasis on the firewall and
security aspects of the application. This should not detract
from the fact that ISA still provides for excellent web and FTP
proxy capabilities through its content-caching technologies.
The ???acceleration??? in the title of ISA Server 2006 refers to
these capabilities. Web caching enables web and FTP browsing
to be optimized because local copies of commonly
accessed files are stored on the server. They are downloaded
only once and then made available to multiple clients. This
increases the response time of web browsing and decreases
an organization??™s overall bandwidth needs.
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