Daily IT Matters [DIM]

Why do I need a deny rule to make an allow rule for a custom protocol work correctly? Protocol definitions include lists of primary connections, secondary connections, and associated application filters. Each primary connection includes a port range, which may cover one or more port numbers. When traffic is sent to an ISA Server computer, ISA Server uses the port on which it arrives to identify its protocol.   When a policy rule allows traffic for a certain protocol, the Firewall service checks the definition of the protocol and passes the traffic to all the application filters associated with the protocol definition for processing. If traffic of a specific type is sent to a port corresponding to a predefined protocol that is associated with an application filter and you do not want the application filter to process this traffic, you can define a custom protocol that has the same primary and secondary connections as the predefined protocol but is not associated with the application fil...

 Interesting post from Technet. At A Glance: Windows Server 2003 R2 Print Management Using Group Policy to control printer settings Gaining control per user or per machine Windows Server 2003 R2 has a truckload of neat new features, one of which, the Print Management Component, includes great tools for use with Group Policy. The Print Management Component can centrally manage almost all aspects of the printers on your network. And even better, it lets you deploy printers to users or computers via Group Policy so you can ensure that whenever a user moves from machine A to machine B, she keeps her printer mappings. It can even ensure that every user on machine C will have the same printer settings. Put Group Policy to Work Before you can begin using the Print Management Component, you need to perform a number of steps. First you will have to update your Windows Server™ 2003 schema to match the Windows Server 2003 R2 schema. If you want to use Windows Server 2003 to perform printer manage...