Welcome to Richard Hicks' Section

Richard Hicks is a Sales Engineer specializing in edge security solutions for security appliance vendor Celestix Networks. He has been working with Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010 and its predecessors for more than 12 years. He has designed and deployed network security solutions using TMG and ISA for SMB''s, military and defense organizations, and Fortune 500 companies around the world. Richard is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for Forefront Security, and his certifications include Microsoft Certified Professional, Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer, Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist, Microsoft Certified Information Technology Professional - Enterprise Administrator, and Websense Certified Engineer - Web Security. He is passionate about technology and in particular network security technologies. He is a regular contributor on the message boards here at ISAserver.org, and maintains his own blog. Richard lives and works in beautiful, sunny Southern California.

Richard Hicks' Latest Contributions

Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010 Web Proxy Client Redundancy Deep Dive (Part 3) - Enable Kerberos Authentication in Load Balanced Scenarios: Date - Apr 10, 2012; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; Here in the final article of this three-part series I’ll explain how to enable Kerberos authentication in load balanced scenarios.
Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010 Web Proxy Client Redundancy Deep Dive (Part 2) - Client Configuration: Date - Mar 13, 2012; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; In part two of this three-part series I’ll review the different explicit proxy client configuration options and examine how they potentially impact performance.
Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010 Web Proxy Client Redundancy Deep Dive (Part 1) - DNS Configuration: Date - Feb 14, 2012; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; In this article I’ll discuss DNS configuration for TMG enterprise arrays.
Reasons to Upgrade from IAG Server to Unified Access Gateway: Date - Jan 17, 2012; Section - Tutorials / General Guides and Articles; In this article I’d like to share with you some compelling reasons to upgrade from the Microsoft Intelligent Application Gateway (IAG) 2007 to the Unified Access Gateway (UAG) 2010.
Reasons to Upgrade from ISA Server to Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010: Date - Dec 13, 2011; Section - Tutorials / General Guides and Articles; In this article I'll provide a review of the new features included in TMG and make a compelling argument to start planning your migration to TMG soon.
Product Review: Fastvue Dashboard: Date - Nov 23, 2011; Section - Tutorials / Product Reviews; The author takes a look at Fastvue Dashboard.
What’s New in Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010 Service Pack 2: Date - Nov 15, 2011; Section - Tutorials / General Guides and Articles; This article looks at some of the new features included in Service Pack 2 for Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010.
Configuring HTTPS Inspection with Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010: Date - Oct 18, 2011; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; This article takes a look at HTTPS inspection, the powerful new feature of the Forefront TMG firewall.
Configuring Web Proxy Automatic Discovery (WPAD) in Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010: Date - Sep 27, 2011; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; Taking a look at how Web Proxy clients provide distinct advantages in security and performance when accessing the TMG web proxy server.
Intrusion Detection and Prevention in Forefront TMG (Part 2) - Network Inspection System: Date - Aug 30, 2011; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - Security; In part two of this two-part series we’ll explore TMG’s advanced intrusion detection and prevention capabilities.
Intrusion Detection and Prevention in Forefront TMG (Part 1) - Behavioral Detection: Date - Aug 16, 2011; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - Security; In part one of this two-part series we’ll explore TMG’s behavioral detection capabilities.
Using Connectivity Verifiers in Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010: Date - Jul 19, 2011; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; TMG uses Connectivity Verifiers to monitor and alert on the status of various hosts and services. In this article we’ll examine how to leverage them to monitor important services such as ActiveDirectory DNS, and published web servers.
Content Caching with Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010: Date - Jun 21, 2011; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; In this article I will provide a high-level overview of content caching in TMG. In addition I will demonstrate how to configure cache rules and monitor cache performance.
Administration Best Practices for the Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010 Firewall: Date - May 31, 2011; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; In this month’s article we’ll review some best practices for administering the TMG firewall. In addition, we’ll examine some practices that should be avoided in order to maintain the highest levels of security and performance.
Granular Control of HTTP Communication using Forefront Threat Management Gateway: Date - May 03, 2011; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; In this article I'll explain what "deep application layer inspection" means and also demonstrate how the TMG firewall uses it to provide granular control over HTTP communication.
Forefront TMG Advanced Web Protection Overview: Date - Mar 29, 2011; Section - Tutorials / General Guides and Articles; In this article we will examine how URL filtering, malware inspection, intrusion detection/prevention, and HTTPS inspection can enhance and complement your existing endpoint protection strategy.
Optimizing Performance on the Forefront Threat Management Gateway (Part 2): Date - Mar 15, 2011; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; In this article we'll look at the effects of firewall policy configuration and authentication on system performance.
Optimizing Performance on the Forefront Threat Management Gateway (Part 1): Date - Feb 22, 2011; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; This article reviews a number of factors that affect the overall stability and performance of the TMG firewall.
Configuring One-to-One NAT with TMG 2010: Date - Jan 25, 2011; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; In this article we'll walk through configuring a static one-to-one NAT rule for a specific internal host.
DNS Configuration Review for Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010: Date - Dec 21, 2010; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; This article discusses Network interface configurations and DNS best practices to successfully configure a TMG Firewall.
Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010 Firewall Client Features and Benefits: Date - Nov 09, 2010; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; In this article I will provide a high-level explanation of the TMG Firewall Client and share with you the benefits associated with deploying it.
Configuring Web Proxy Chaining with Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010 (Part 2): Date - Oct 19, 2010; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; Taking a look at a more complex chaining scenario where authentication and conditional forwarding are required.
Configuring Web Proxy Chaining with Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010 (Part 1): Date - Sep 07, 2010; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; Taking a look at a typical deployment scenario and demonstrating how to configure web proxy chaining in Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010.
Publishing Exchange Outlook Web App (OWA) with Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010 Part 2 – Configuring TMG: Date - Aug 04, 2010; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010 includes support for publishing Microsoft Exchange Outlook Web App (OWA) for Exchange 2010, as well as Outlook Web Access for Exchange 2007, 2003, and 2000. In the first part of this two-part series we looked at how to prepare the CAS server for publishing. In the second part we will walk through the steps required to publish Exchange OWA 2010 using TMG.
Publishing Exchange Outlook Web App (OWA) with Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010: Part 1 – Preparing the Client Access Server (CAS): Date - Jul 20, 2010; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; Preparing the CAS in order to publish Exchange OWA with Micrsoft TMG 2010.
What’s New in Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010 Service Pack 1: Date - Jun 23, 2010; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; Taking a look at what’s new in Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010 service pack 1.
A Closer Look at TMG 2010 Enterprise Edition Standalone Arrays: Date - Jun 02, 2010; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; A Closer Look at Standalone Arrays with Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010 Enterprise Edition.
Exploring ISP Redundancy in Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010: Date - May 04, 2010; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; Exploring the ISP-R feature in detail; looking at different operating modes, explaining the load balancing algorithm, investigating the dead link detection process and various deployment scenarios where ISP-R is implemented.
Logging Enhancements in Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010: Date - Mar 30, 2010; Section - Articles; Taking a look at logging enhancements in Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010
TMG Enterprise Arrays Explained: Date - Mar 02, 2010; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; This article will focus on how to configure EMS-managed and standalone arrays, explain differences between the two and discuss deployment scenarios for each one.
Using the Security Configuration Wizard with Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010: Date - Feb 02, 2010; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - Security; How to use the security configuration wizard with Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010.
Overview of the Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010 Management Console: Date - Jan 12, 2010; Section - Tutorials / Configuration - General; We would like to welcome Microsoft MVP Richard Hicks to our team of authors as he presents his first article to ISAserver.org readers. This article will give an overview of the Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010 management console.