14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft has updated the tools and development solution for the latest release of Forefront Threat Management Gateway. June 2009 brought with it the third beta of TMG. Now Microsoft is offering the associated diagnostics and feature-related solutions as well as the software development kit tailored specifically to Forefront TMG Beta 3. The Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) Beta 3 Tools & Software Development Kit is currently available for download via the Microsoft Download Center. The latest development milestone brings to the table both administration and developer tools, and developers will be able to take advantage of new capabilities.
The Network Inspection System is new to this release. “We’ve added new structures, enumerations and log fields. For example, the FPCIPSSignature object represents a single intrusion prevention system signature. With it you can get the signature information, whether it is enabled or not. Malware inspection APIs – TMG’s malware inspection APIs allow you to manage the behavior of the feature. For example, using the FPCMalwareInspectionProperties object you can define the malware inspection settings for a policy rule,” revealed Noam Ilovich and Vivian Levin from the Forefront TMG Program Management team.
Beta 3 has been confirmed as the last Beta milestone for TMG. The bits continue to be up for grabs through the Download Center, and customers are free to download and test the product. Forefront Threat Management Gateway is the evolution of the Internet Security and Acceleration Server (ISA Server). Developers building solutions on top of TMG will have to wait a few months before Microsoft will be done with the documentation for the SDK. At the same time, the company promised that new samples would be offered for devs with the refreshed documentation.
The Beta 3 update also brings to the table “Definition updates for protection mechanisms – using the new API you can manage schedules, settings and additional information regarding the updates TMG receives. For example, using the FPCUpdateCenter object you can gain access to the services, schedules, and settings related to the update center.” Ilovich and Levin added. “Improved custom report design – TMG introduces new reporting capabilities called Dynamic Reporting. Using this feature you can create new reports and add them to TMG’s standard reporting. In the SDK we introduce new API calls that support this. With this object you can update the query used in a report, get/set the report definition and more.”
Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) Beta 3 Tools & Software Development Kit is available for download here.
Forefront Threat Management Gateway Beta 3 is available for download here.