Specific steps must be taken to enable
systems on a network to utilize the Firewall client. Understanding these prerequisites and
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Preparing an ISA Environment for the Firewall Client
how the installation of the Firewall client can be automated can help to ease the administration
of the Firewall client.
Making the Firewall Client Software Available
The first step in enabling support for the Firewall client is to set up a networked share
location that contains the binaries for the Firewall client itself. ISA Server 2004 used to
include an installation option known as the Firewall Client Share, which would automatically
set up a share on a server that would store the binaries. This is no longer the case, as
Microsoft didn??™t want to encourage administrators to set up file shares on security devices
such as ISA servers. More traditional methods of making the installation media available
to users, such as placing it in a standard file share or distributing it via a software distribution
tool such as SMS, are recommended.
Enabling or Disabling Downlevel Client Support
A default installation of ISA Server 2006 will only allow the most recent 2006 version of
the Firewall client to connect to it.
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