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DEBRA LITTLEJOHN SHINDER is a technology consultant, trainer and writer who has authored a number of books on computer operating systems, networking, and security. These include Scene of the Cybercrime: Computer Forensics Handbook, published by Syngress, and Computer Networking Essentials, published by Cisco Press. She is co-author, with her husband, Dr. Thomas Shinder, of Troubleshooting Windows 2000 TCP/IP, and the best-selling Configuring ISA Server 2000, ISA Server and Beyond and Configuring ISA Server 2004. She also co-authored the recently released Windows XP: Ask the Experts with Jim Boyce.

Deb is a tech editor, developmental editor and contributor to over 20 additional books on subjects such as the Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 MCSE exams, CompTIA Security+ exam and TruSecure's ICSA certification. She formerly edited the Brainbuzz A+ Hardware News and currently edits Sunbelt Software's WinXP News and the Element K Inside Windows Server Security journal, and authors a weekly column for TechRepublic's Build to Scale newsletter. Her articles are regularly published on TechRepublic's TechProGuild Web site and Windowsecurity.com, and have appeared in print magazines such as Windows IT Pro (formerly Windows & .NET) Magazine. She has authored training material, corporate whitepapers, marketing material, and product documentation for Microsoft Corporation, Hewlett-Packard, DigitalThink, GFI Software, Sunbelt Software, CNET and other technology companies.

Deb currently specializes in security issues and Microsoft products; she has been awarded Microsoft's Most Valuable Professional (MVP) status in Windows Server Security. A former police officer and police academy instructor, she lives and works in the Dallas-Ft Worth area and teaches computer networking and security and occasional criminal justice courses at Eastfield College (Mesquite, TX). She may be contacted at deb@shinder.net or via the website at www.shinder.net.

Deb Shinder's Latest Contributions

Planning for SharePoint Publishing with TMG: Date - May 14, 2013; Section - Tutorials / Installation & Planning; In this article, we'll look at some of the planning considerations for publishing SharePoint servers with TMG.
TMG Firewall Name Resolution (Part 3): Date - Apr 30, 2013; Section - Tutorials / Installation & Planning; In this article we’ll take a look at how to configure the firewall in a number of different deployment scenarios and determine what the best configuration options are in each of those cases.
TMG Firewall Name Resolution (Part 2): Date - Apr 09, 2013; Section - Tutorials / Installation & Planning; In this article, we'll talk about how the Windows operating system uses different methods for name resolution.
TMG Firewall Name Resolution (Part 1): Date - Mar 26, 2013; Section - Tutorials / Installation & Planning; In this article, we'll discuss a few of the important considerations you should make before installing the TMG firewall, specifically focusing on name resolution issues.
Should you replace your TMG firewalls with UAG: Date - Mar 12, 2013; Section - Tutorials / General Guides and Articles; In this article, we take a look at the key differences between TMG and UAG from a new per-spective: determining whether UAG might serve as a feasible (if expensive) replacement for TMG in the event that Microsoft continues support for it after TMG is considered dead.
Firewalls in the Cloud (Part 1): Date - Feb 26, 2013; Section - Tutorials / General Guides and Articles; In this article we'll talk about how the TMG firewall can be used to secure connections in the private cloud Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) scenario.
Considerations for Replacing your TMG Firewall (Part 5): Date - Feb 12, 2013; Section - Tutorials / Installation & Planning; In this article we will be taking a look at the last four features that I believe are important for you to consider as part of your evaluation process for a replacement of your TMG firewall.
Considerations for Replacing your TMG Firewall (Part 4): Date - Jan 29, 2013; Section - Tutorials / Installation & Planning; This article takes a look at one of my favorite features in the TMG firewall – the Firewall Client (which was renamed in TMG as the “TMG Client”).
Considerations for Replacing your TMG Firewall (Part 3): Date - Jan 15, 2013; Section - Tutorials / Installation & Planning; In Part 3 of this article, we'll continue our series on the things you should consider when evaluating potential replacements for the TMG firewall.
Considerations for Replacing your TMG Firewall (Part 2): Date - Dec 18, 2012; Section - Tutorials / Installation & Planning; In this article, Part 2 of a series, we'll talk about one of the key features in the TMG firewall: the pre-authentication feature.
Considerations for Replacing your TMG Firewall (Part 1): Date - Dec 04, 2012; Section - Tutorials / Installation & Planning; In this article we started out with a small trip down memory lane and discussed how the world has changed from one I came from, where you could consider putting a NAT server on the edge of the network without any type of firewall in front of it or even on the NAT server itself.
Comprehensive Overview of Web and Server Publishing Rules in TMG 2010 (Part 10): Date - Nov 20, 2012; Section - Tutorials / Publishing; In this article we take a look at the details of the Server Publishing Rule we created and find out about the options that are available to you for modifying this rule.
Comprehensive Overview of Web and Server Publishing Rules in TMG 2010 (Part 9): Date - Nov 06, 2012; Section - Tutorials / Publishing; In this article, we begin with a short introduction to Server Publishing Rules and discussed the differences between Web Publishing Rules and Server Publishing Rules.
Comprehensive Overview of Web and Server Publishing Rules in TMG 2010 (Part 8): Date - Oct 16, 2012; Section - Tutorials / Publishing; This article continues our journey through the TMG firewall Web Publishing Rules by taking a look at some of the SSL settings that are available to you.
Comprehensive Overview of Web and Server Publishing Rules in TMG 2010 (Part 7): Date - Oct 02, 2012; Section - Tutorials / Publishing; This article continues with our discussion on the details of the Web Publishing Rule that we created several installments ago.
Comprehensive Overview of Web and Server Publishing Rules in TMG 2010 (Part 6): Date - Sep 18, 2012; Section - Tutorials / Publishing; In this article we'll go over the configuration options for the Web Listener.
Comprehensive Overview of Web and Server Publishing Rules in TMG 2010 (Part 5): Date - Sep 04, 2012; Section - Tutorials / Publishing; In this article we’ll look at other options in the Properties dialog box and what you can do with those options and then we’ll dig into the Web Listener and look at how you can create an SSL web listener.
Comprehensive Overview of Web and Server Publishing Rules in TMG 2010 (Part 4): Date - Aug 21, 2012; Section - Tutorials / Publishing; In this article we'll continue our series on web and server publishing rules that you can configure on the TMG firewall to enable external users (or even internal users in some scenario) to access web and non-servers in a secure fashion.
Comprehensive Overview of Web and Server Publishing Rules in TMG 2010 (Part 3): Date - Aug 07, 2012; Section - Tutorials / Publishing; In this, part 3 of our series on Web and Server Publishing Rules, we'll go over the steps involved in using the Web Publishing Rule Wizard and discuss some of the key options in the wizard and the implications of the choices.
Comprehensive Overview of Web and Server Publishing Rules in TMG 2010 (Part 2): Date - Jul 24, 2012; Section - Tutorials / Publishing; In Part 2, we continue the discussion from Part 1 by addressing three more of TMG’s capabilities that are enabled by Web Publishing rules.
Comprehensive Overview of Web and Server Publishing Rules in TMG 2010 (Part 1): Date - Jul 10, 2012; Section - Tutorials / Publishing; In this article we'll discuss the importance of enabling inbound access, what the TMG web publishing rules bring to the table, and how TMG can act as a reverse proxy to published Web and FTP sites.
Planning for High Availability and Scalability in your TMG Deployment: Date - Jun 26, 2012; Section - Tutorials / Installation & Planning; In this article, we will discuss guidelines for the points you should consider in developing a highly available, scalable TMG deployment.
The TMG Firewall’s VPN Server and Site to Site VPN Gateway Capabilities (Part 2): Date - Jun 12, 2012; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; In this article, we’ll finish up the discussion we looked at in Part 1 and talk about the rest of the firewall’s cool and useful VPN feature set.
The TMG Firewall’s VPN Server and Site to Site VPN Gateway Capabilities (Part 1): Date - May 29, 2012; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; In this article, we'll take a look at some of the features that make the TMG firewall the ideal VPN server and VPN site to site gateway solution for any Microsoft or hybrid network.
Understanding TMG Web Caching Concepts and Architectures: Date - May 08, 2012; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; In this article, we'll introduce the concept of web caching and how web caching can reduce bandwidth usage and improve web performance.
Configuring SCCM with UAG DirectAccess (Part 2): Date - Apr 24, 2012; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; In Part 2, we’re going to walk you through the steps of setting up SCCM to work seamlessly with DirectAccess.
Configuring SCCM with UAG DirectAccess (Part 1): Date - Apr 03, 2012; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; This two part article is going to start with a review of how Direct Access works.
Troubleshooting TMG SecureNAT Clients (Part 2): Date - Mar 20, 2012; Section - Tutorials / Miscellaneous; In this Part 2 we’ll talk about some of the common problems that center around DNS, depending on the location of the DNS server (internal or external network).
Troubleshooting TMG SecureNAT Clients (Part 1): Date - Mar 06, 2012; Section - Tutorials / Miscellaneous; In this article we’ll take a look at the function of the SecureNAT client and explore different ways to troubleshoot connectivity problems with this client.
Roles TMG Plays: Date - Feb 21, 2012; Section - Tutorials / General Guides and Articles; In this article we'll look at what the TMG firewall does and what roles it can perform on your network.
TMG Firewall Flood Mitigation (Part 1): Date - Feb 07, 2012; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - Security; In this part 1 we'll start the discussion with a short description of flood attacks and how flood attacks can create DoS conditions for the TMG firewall or for hosts that are protected by the TMG firewall.
How to Publish an RDP Server on an Alternate Port using the TMG Firewall: Date - Jan 24, 2012; Section - Tutorials / Publishing; The TMG firewall’s Server Publishing Rules provide you with a lot of flexibility when it comes to controlling how connections will be made to published servers through the firewall. In this article, we'll give an example of this flexibility by publishing an RDP server on an alternate port.
TMG Firewall Web Filtering (Part 2): Date - Jan 10, 2012; Section - Tutorials / General Guides and Articles; In this article, we’ll go into the details on how to configure the TMG firewall’s web filtering feature.
TMG Firewall Web Filtering (Part 1): Date - Dec 20, 2011; Section - Tutorials / General Guides and Articles; In this article we'll see how the TMG firewall works together with the Microsoft Reputation Services (MRS) to give you a flexible and real-time method for controlling site access based on policy.
Authenticating Outbound Web Traffic from TMG Firewall Protected Networks: Date - Dec 06, 2011; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - Security; In this article, we'll look at how TMG can authenticate outbound web requests and how you configure it to do so.
Deeper Dive into the TMG Firewall Network Templates: Date - Nov 22, 2011; Section - Tutorials / General Guides and Articles; In this article, we will talk about the TMG firewall Network Templates.
Selecting the best TMG Firewall Remote Access VPN Protocol for your network: Date - Nov 08, 2011; Section - Tutorials / General Guides and Articles; In this article, we'll go over some characteristics of the basic VPN protocols that are supported by Windows Server 2008 R2 and the TMG firewall.
Configuring TMG Web Proxy Client Autodiscovery: Date - Oct 25, 2011; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; In this article, we'll talk about how you can configure the TMG firewall to support web proxy client autodiscovery.
Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate Site to Site VPN with Threat Management Gateway 2010 (Part 4): Date - Oct 04, 2011; Section - Tutorials / General Guides and Articles; In this article we'll walk through the steps of creating a site to site VPN between two TMG firewalls using the L2TP/IPsec VPN protocol.
Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate Site to Site VPN with Threat Management Gateway 2010 (Part 3): Date - Sep 20, 2011; Section - Tutorials / General Guides and Articles; In this article we will install a new server on the branch office network.
Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate Site to Site VPN with Threat Management Gateway 2010 (Part 2): Date - Sep 06, 2011; Section - Tutorials / General Guides and Articles; In this article we will install a new server at the branch office and name it TMGBRANCH. We will then install the TMG firewall software on TMGBRANCH and look at the initial configuration of that software.
Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate Site to Site VPN with Threat Management Gateway 2010 (Part 1): Date - Aug 23, 2011; Section - Tutorials / General Guides and Articles; In this, part 1 of our two part Test Lab Guide on site to site VPN networking with the TMG firewall, we will create the user account that the remote site will use to authenticate to the TMG1 firewall, and then we'll create the Remote Site Network.
Test Lab Guide (Part 4) - Demonstrate TMG PPTP, L2TP/IPsec and SSTP Remote Access VPN Server (Cont.): Date - Aug 09, 2011; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; In this part four of our series, we'll complete the TMG VPN server Test Lab Guide.
Test Lab Guide (Part 3) - Demonstrate TMG PPTP, L2TP/IPsec and SSTP Remote Access VPN Server (Cont.): Date - Jul 26, 2011; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; In this article we will create a VPN Clients Access Rule.
Test Lab Guide (Part 2) - Demonstrate TMG PPTP, L2TP/IPsec and SSTP Remote Access VPN Server (Cont.): Date - Jul 12, 2011; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; In this article we'll complete the configuration of the VPN server component, so that the VPN clients will have IP addressing information assigned to them by the TMG VPN remote access server and the authentication protocol required by the TMG VPN server is set.
Test Lab Guide (Part 1) - Demonstrate TMG PPTP, L2TP/IPsec and SSTP Remote Access VPN Server: Date - Jun 28, 2011; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; In part 1 of this latest Test Lab Guide article, you will learn how to configure the TMG firewall as a remote access VPN server that supports PPTP, L2TP/IPsec and SSTP
TMG Back to Basics - Part 8: SafeSearch, URL Filtering and Certificate Revocation Options: Date - Jun 14, 2011; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - Alt. Products & Platforms; In this article, we will take a quick look at three key features in the TMG firewall - SafeSearch, URL Filtering and Certificate Revocation.
Test Lab Guide: TMG Core Test Lab: Date - May 24, 2011; Section - Tutorials / General Guides and Articles; In this TMG Core Test Lab Guide module, we'll install a single TMG Enterprise Edition firewall and then install Service Pack 1 and Update 1.
TMG Back to Basics - Part 7: SharePoint Server Publishing: Date - May 10, 2011; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; We continue our "back to basics" series for the TMG firewall this week with some coverage of basic SharePoint Server publishing.
TMG Web Proxy Client Concepts and Configuration (Part 2): Date - Apr 26, 2011; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; In this, part 2 of the series, we’ll complete our discussion of the web proxy client.
TMG Web Proxy Client Concepts and Configuration (Part 1): Date - Apr 05, 2011; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; In this article we'll go through some of the details describing the three different types of TMG clients, and then we'll begin a walkthrough of the server-side configuration that influences Web Proxy client behavior.
TMG Firewall Interface Configuration: Date - Mar 22, 2011; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; In this article, we’ll take a look at the interface configuration issues from the perspective of the deployment model for the TMG firewall.
TMG Back to Basics - Part 6: Reports: Date - Mar 01, 2011; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; "TMG Back to Basics" is a set of articles designed with the new TMG administrator in mind. We continue our Back to Basic series today with a discussion of the TMG Reporting feature.
TMG Back to Basics - Part 5: Network Objects (Cont.): Date - Feb 15, 2011; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; In this article we'll take a look at how you can create the more complex types of Network Objects.
TMG Back to Basics - Part 4: Network Objects: Date - Feb 01, 2011; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; In this article, we’ll take a high level view of the Network Objects available with the TMG firewall and also discuss how you might use them in common scenarios.
Five Dumb Things Admins Do with a TMG Firewall: Date - Jan 18, 2011; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; Do’s and don'ts of TMG firewall deployment and administration. Five things you shouldn't do with the TMG firewall.
TMG back to Basics - Part 3: Protocol Definitions: Date - Jan 04, 2011; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; This article reviews TMG’s Protocol Definitions. All firewall rules require a Protocol Definition as part of the rule configuration.
TMG Back to Basics - Part 2: Using the TMG Firewall Log Viewer: Date - Dec 14, 2010; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; This article provides an overview of the TMG firewall's logging features.
TMG Back to Basics - Part 1: Server Publishing Rules: Date - Nov 30, 2010; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; "TMG Back to Basics" series, is a continuation of the "Controlling Internet Access: A short Primer on TMG Access Rules" series for new TMG administrators. We’ve already covered Web Publishing Rules, Networks and Network Rules, and Access Rules.
UAG Service Pack 1 Release Candidate DirectAccess Overview - Step 1: Clients and GPOs: Date - Nov 16, 2010; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; This is the first in a series of articles about UAG SP1 and DirectAccess, in which I’ll go over each of the steps in the UAG DirectAccess wizard and point out some of the new features and configuration options.
UAG DirectAccess the Easy Way: Date - Nov 02, 2010; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; Some of the remote access technologies that are used to allow users to access resources on the corporate intranet, then looking closely at DirectAccess and how DirectAccess provides a superior solution for managed clients.
Product Review: BNTC Software's Bandwidth Splitter: Date - Oct 12, 2010; Section - Tutorials / Product Reviews; Deb Shinder reviews BNTC’s Bandwidth Splitter.
More Basics: An Inside Look into TMG Firewall Networks: Date - Oct 05, 2010; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; Some of the details behind a TMG firewall Network and all of the other things you can do to control the clients behind a Network after you create it.
Controlling Internet Access: A short Primer on TMG Access Rules - Part 4: TMG Networks and Network Rules: Date - Sep 22, 2010; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - Security; Some of the basic concepts used in TMG firewall networking – TMG firewall Networks and TMG firewall Network Rules.
Controlling Internet Access: A Short Primer on TMG Access Rules - Part 3: TMG Firewall Web Publishing Rule Basics: Date - Aug 24, 2010; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - Security; Taking a look at the basics in TMG web publishing rules.
Controlling Internet Access: A Short Primer on TMG Access Rules (Part 2): Date - Aug 18, 2010; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - Security; Taking a look at the details of Access Rules after they have been created by the wizard.
Controlling Internet Access: a Short Primer on TMG Access Rules (Part 1): Date - Jul 27, 2010; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - Security; Some of the basics of Access Rules for new TMG firewall admins.
Overview of the TMG Firewall’s Troubleshooting Node: Date - Jul 06, 2010; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; A quick overview of the TMG Firewall’s troubleshooting node.
Running the Web Access Policy Wizard: Date - Jun 15, 2010; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; Taking a close look at the Web Access Policy Wizard to find out what it can do for you.
Overview of the Threat Management Gateway Networking Node: Date - Jun 09, 2010; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; An overview of the Threat Management Gateway (TMG) networking node.
Checking Out the TMG 2010 Virtual Private Network Server - Part 3: Configuring the TMG Firewall as a L2TP/IPsec Remote Access VPN Server: Date - May 25, 2010; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; How to configure the TMG firewall as an L2TP/IPsec VPN server.
Installing and Configuring the Email Hygiene Solution on the TMG 2010 Firewall – Part 5: Configuring Edge Subscription and Testing: Date - May 11, 2010; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; How to configure the Edge Subscription feature on the TMG 2010 firewall.
Checking Out the TMG 2010 Virtual Private Network Server - Part 2: Configuring the TMG Firewall as a PPTP Remote Access VPN Server: Date - Apr 20, 2010; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; How to configure the firewall to accept PPTP and L2TP/IPsec connections.
Checking Out the TMG 2010 Virtual Private Network Server - Part 1: Overview of VPN Configuration: Date - Apr 06, 2010; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; Overview of the VPN configuration in TMG 2010.
Installing and Configuring the Email Hygiene Solution on the TMG 2010 Firewall - Part 4: Configuring Virus and Content Filtering: Date - Mar 16, 2010; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; The virus and content filtering features on the TMG 2010 Firewall.
Installing and Configuring the Email Hygiene Solution on the TMG 2010 Firewall - Part 3: Configuring Antispam Policy: Date - Feb 23, 2010; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; What is available when configuring the anti-spam features on the TMG 2010 firewall.
Installing and Configuring the E-mail Hygiene Solution on the TMG 2010 Firewall – Part 2: E-Mail Policy: Date - Feb 09, 2010; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; How to configure the e-mail protection policy.
Installing Threat Management Gateway 2010 RTM Enterprise Edition (Part 2): Date - Jan 19, 2010; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; Some new components for the installation process; more specifically, taking a look at the new Getting Started Wizard.
Installing and Configuring the Email Hygiene Solution on the TMG 2010 Firewall – Part 1: Installation: Date - Jan 06, 2010; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; How to install and configure the email hygiene solution on the TMG 2010 firewall.
Installing Threat Management Gateway 2010 RTM Enterprise Edition: Date - Dec 08, 2009; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; Tackling the basics; how to install Microsoft Threat Management Gateway 2010 EE RTM.