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IAG Server introduction

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A bit of history
IAG Server (Intelligent Application Gateway) is a VPN solution has originally been developed by the Israeli army in the middle of the nineties.
One of the challenges for the army was to develop a remote access solution based on VPN mechanism but without direct network access from the remote client to the remote server.

This new technology they managed to develop and implement was called the Air Gap and the communication between the outside and inside world was managed by two separate machines linked together by a memory bank only. There was no direct communication possible from 2 interconnected network, decreasing dramatically the risk of intrusion, DOS attacks etc.

This technology became a commercial product a couple of years ago and since a couple of very powerful features has been added.

The company who developed this product and sold it for until 2006 was called Whale Communications.
Whale Communications had a lot of customers, such as US Army, KPMG, Siemens.

In June 2006 Microsoft bought the Israel based company.
Since, the Whale Communications appliances became Microsoft IAG Server 2007 (Intelligent Application Gateway).

Technical overview
Microsoft IAG 2007 with Application Optimizers provides secure socket layer (SSL) virtual private network (VPN), a Web application firewall, and endpoint security management (For compliance and security) that enable access control, authorization, and content inspection for a wide variety of line-of-business applications.

Included are customized granular access policy and security capabilities for Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server, Microsoft Terminal Services, Telnet, FTP, as well as for many third-party business applications such as SAP, IBM Domino, Citrix Presentation Server, IBM WebSphere etc.

Almost anything can be published on the IAG Server portal.

Out of the box IAG Server is able to work with lot authentication vendors such as RSA Security, Vasco, Swivel, ActivCard Aladdin. It also works with numerous authentication systems and protocols such as Active Directory, RADIUS, LDAP, NTLM, Lotus Domino, PKI and TACACS+
Single Sign On (SSO) is available out of the box.

Not only Windows clients (PocketPC included) but also Linux and Mac clients can access remote applications and networks published through IAG Server.

IAG Server is the most opened, flexible and secure system available in the market today.