Microsoft has released Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2006 Enterprise Edition Release Candidate

ISA Server 2006 makes it easier to provide security for corporate applications accessed over the Internet by pre-authenticating users before they gain access to any published servers, inspecting even encrypted traffic at the application layer in a stateful manner, and providing automated publishing tools. In addition, by providing HTTP compression, caching of content including software updates, and site-to-site VPN capabilities integrated with application-layer filtering, ISA Server 2006 makes it easier to securely expand corporate networks. ISA Server 2006 also makes it easier to manage and protect your network with a hybrid proxy-firewall architecture, deep content inspection, granular policies, and comprehensive alerting and monitoring capabilities.

System Requirements
Supported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2003; Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1
• A personal computer with a 733-megahertz (MHz) or higher Pentium II-compatible CPU.
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 operating system with Service Pack 1 (SP1).
• 512 megabytes (MB) of memory.
• 150 MB of available hard disk space. This is exclusive of hard disk space you want to use for caching.
• One network adapter that is compatible with the computer's operating system, for communication with the Internal network.
• An additional network adapter for each network connected to the ISA Server computer.
• One local hard disk partition that is formatted with the NTFS file system.

Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2006 Enterprise Edition Release Candidate