Originally posted here by Net2Infinity
If you don't currently have a hardware firewall instead of using a hacked together product like ISA, why not spend $650 on a Cisco ASA 5505?
You could make this statement with lots of hardware, and with his vpn and the cisco client, i think it would be a better assumption for him to get a PIX instead.

edit: Anyways, i guess there shouldn't be any more assumptions untill the OP replys with some information.


Yes the original poster needs to supply more info....and if he doesnt use the ISA for authentication...and doesnt want to use the cisco VPN client...........then I guess anyone coming in through the router will have access to the the internal network.....
I dont think there was any indication that he wasn't going to use the ISA for auth. As for the VPN client, i would guess he wants to setup a vpn between the remote site and his isa / cisco router.