We have released an update to the Vantage range of applications to fix an issue with the Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) loader. (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘FTMG’
Why there is so much anonymous traffic in Microsoft TMG and ISA logs
Monday, July 19th, 2010
One of the most common questions we get asked by users of Microsoft TMG and ISA is why there is so much traffic attributed to the Anonymous user. Even though unauthenticated access to the web has been disabled, they still see the ‘Anonymous’ user as one of the top users in their reports.
So let’s use WebSpy Vantage to drill into that Anonymous user and find out what is going on. (more…)
Website Categorization – Assessing Productivity
Monday, July 12th, 2010
Security and Threat Management solutions, such as Microsoft Forefront TMG, IronPort and Blue Coat, use predefined URL categorization to simplify blocking and filtering management. Different security vendors have different ways of categorizing websites but it generally involves referring to a gigantic, regularly updated database of millions of websites sorted into 50-100 relevant categories.
Majority of security vendors will give you a high level overview of the categories, such as Sports, Shopping, Online Community, Streaming Media, Employment and Gambling, but rarely provides intuitive ways to further investigate the traffic going to the sites within these categories. The nifty thing about WebSpy’s solutions is that, as long as categories are logged, you can use WebSpy to analyze web browsing in relation to these categories and get a much clearer overview of your organization’s web usage.
Accessing Microsoft Forefront TMG’s Log Files (SQL Express)
Friday, June 11th, 2010
If you need to analyze and report on Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway log files, the most common stumbling block is enabling access to the default SQL Express databases that contains the firewall and web proxy log files.
The log databases are stored in an SQL Express instance named MSFW. By default these databases cannot be accessed by a remote computer. I’d first like to say that we recommend changing TMG’s logging to W3C text files, as these logs are about 5-6 times faster to import, and you don’t need to worry about the steps below.
But if you need to stick with the SQL Express logging, here are the basic steps to enable access to the logs from a remote computer: (more…)
Dedicated WebSpy and Forefront TMG pages – Everything you need to know about TMG Log Reporting
Wednesday, May 12th, 2010
Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) popularity is starting to pick up. WebSpy added support for analyzing and reporting on TMG logs even before the public release and have been improving our compatibility ever since.
Vantage Update 2.2.0.27 – Fix for Microsoft FTMG SQL Import
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
Our support for Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway is quite new and we’ve just fixed a couple of issues in build 2.2.0.27. In particular, this update fixes the “specified cast invalid error” that occurs when importing the Web Proxy database logs.
Check your version in Help | About. If you are running 2.2.0.27 or above, then you already have this update. If not, make sure you update to your software by selecting Tools | Check for updates.
