What is TMG client?

What is TMG client?

The Forefront TMG client, often referred to as simply the “firewall client”, is a powerful tool that security administrators can use to control network communication on their network. It provides transparent proxy services for client applications that make use of the Winsock protocol.

How does TMG server work?

The Forefront TMG Web proxy can be configured to maintain a cache of Web objects and to attempt to fulfill Web requests from the cache. Once the remote Web server responds to the Forefront TMG server, the Forefront TMG server caches the response to the original client request and sends a response to the client.

What is TMG networking?

Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway (Forefront TMG), formerly known as Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server (ISA Server), is a network router, firewall, antivirus program, VPN server and web cache from Microsoft Corporation.

How does Forefront TMG client supersede the firewall?

When Forefront TMG Client, which supersedes Firewall Client, is installed and enabled on client computers in a protected network that send requests through Forefront TMG servers, Windows Sockets (Winsock) applications running on these client computers can send requests to remote destinations transparently through the Microsoft Firewall service.

Is it possible to enable TMG client support on TMG server?

First of all it is possible to enable the TMG client support for the internal network definition on the TMG Server as you can see in the following screenshot. After TMG client support is enabled (default after a normal TMG installation), it is also possible to automate the client computers Web Browser configuration.

What kind of client is Microsoft Forefront TMG?

One of the client types is the Microsoft Forefront TMG client, which is also known as a Winsock client for Windows operating systems. Using the TMG client has several enhancements compared to the other clients (Web proxy and Secure NAT).

Is there a mspclnt.ini file for Forefront TMG?

Note that the Mspclnt.ini file created for ISA Server 2000 Firewall clients is not created for Forefront TMG Client computers.