April 2004 - Posts

ISA 2000: Web Publishing and the Pesky Client IP Address
22 April 04 03:33 PM | tristank | 6 Comments   

ISA 2000: when you publish a web server, the requests in its IIS logs all appear to come from the ISA Server computer. This is normal. What happens under the covers is that the client computer connects directly to the ISA Server, which it believes is Read More...

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NLB: Dedicated IP Addresses Explained (An NLB Myth debunked?)
15 April 04 12:53 AM | tristank | 3 Comments   

For information on Network Load Balancing - or “ Wibbles ” as we affectionately refer to it locally - it was called Windows Load Balancing Service, or WLBS until Windows 2000 - the definitive guide still appears to be nlbtech2.doc at the time Read More...

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XPSP2 Resources for IT Pros
06 April 04 10:26 PM | tristank | 3 Comments   

A friend of mine that works in the IT industry just stunned me by asking whether there was anything new in SP2 for Windows XP - seems we haven't quite got the message out there enough yet - be prepared for this one, it is not just another Service Pack Read More...

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DNS Resolution for Internet-Facing Servers: Clingy
01 April 04 05:39 PM | tristank | 3 Comments   

NB Ahead of time, anytime I'm referring to a “primary” or “secondary” DNS server in this blurb, I'm referring to their relative positions on the client , not the “primary/master/secondary/slave/AD-integrated” mode of Read More...

Filed under: IT Pro / Sysadmin, ISA Server, Networking