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Exam 70-088

Implementing and Supporting Microsoft Proxy Server 2.0

Exam 70-088 has been available since February 19, 1998.

Skills Being Measured

This exam measures your ability to implement, administer, and troubleshoot information systems that incorporate Microsoft Proxy Server version 2.0. Before taking the exam, you should be proficient in the job skills listed below.

Planning

Choose a secure access strategy for various situations. Access includes outbound access by users to the Internet and inbound access to your Web site. Considerations include:

• Translating addresses from the internal network to the Local Address Table (LAT)
• Controlling anonymous access
• Controlling access by known users and groups
• Setting protocol permissions
• Auditing protocol access
• Setting Microsoft Windows NT security parameters

Plan an Internet site or an intranet site for stand-alone servers, single-domain environments, and multiple-domain environments. Tasks include:

• Choosing appropriate connectivity methods
• Choosing services
• Using Microsoft Proxy Server in an intranet that has no access to the Internet
• Choosing hardware

Choose a strategy to balance Internet access across multiple Proxy Server computers. Strategies include:

• Using DNS
• Using arrays
• Using Cache Array Routing Protocol (CARP)

Choose a rollout plan for integrating a Proxy Server with an existing corporate environment.

Choose a fault tolerance strategy. Strategies include:

• Using arrays
• Using routing

>Installation and Configuration

Create a LAT.

Configure server authentication. Authentication options include:

• Anonymous logon
• Basic authentication
• Microsoft Windows NT Challenge/Response authentication

Configure Windows NT to support Microsoft Proxy Server.

Configure the various Proxy Server services.

Configure Microsoft Proxy Server for Internet access. Situations include:

• Configuring Proxy Server to provide Internet access through a dial-up connection to an ISP.
• Configuring Proxy Server to act as an IPX gateway.
• Configuring multiple Microsoft Proxy Servers for Internet access.
• Configuring multiple Proxy Servers spread across several different geographic locations.

Select and use software configuration management tools (for example, Control Panel, Windows NT Setup, Regedt32).

Configure auditing.

Given a scenario, decide which user interface to use to perform administrative tasks.

Identify the licensing requirements for a given Proxy Server site.

Configure Proxy Server arrays.

Configure arrays to provide fault-tolerance for Web Proxy client requests.

Use packet filtering to prevent unauthorized access. Tasks include:

• Using packet filtering to enable a specific protocol.
• Configuring packet filter alerting and logging.

Configure hierarchical caching.

Setting Up and Managing Resource Access

Grant or restrict access to the Internet for selected outbound users and groups who use the various Proxy Server services to access the Internet.

Grant or restrict access to specific Internet sites for outbound users.

Choose the location, size, and type of caching for the Web Proxy service.

Configure active caching and passive caching.

Implement Web publishing to enable reverse proxying.

Back up and restore Proxy Server configurations.

Implement reverse hosting.

Integration and Interoperability

Use the Proxy Server client Setup program to configure client computers.

Configure Proxy Server and Proxy Server client computers to use the Proxy Server services. Configurations include:

• Microsoft Internet Explorer client computers
• Netscape Navigator client computers
• Macintosh client computers
• UNIX client computers
• Client computers on an IPX-only network

Configure a RAS server to route Internet requests.

Write JavaScript to configure a Web browser.

Change settings in Mspclnt.ini.

Monitoring and Optimization

Configure Proxy Server to log errors when they occur.

Monitor performance of various functions by using Microsoft Windows NT

Performance Monitor. Functions include HTTP and FTP sessions.

Analyze performance issues. Performance issues include:

• Identifying bottlenecks
• Identifying network-related performance issues
• Identifying disk-related performance issues
• Identifying CPU-related performance issues
• Identifying memory-related performance issues

Optimize performance for various purposes. Purposes include:

• Increasing throughput
• Optimizing routing

Use Performance Monitor logs to identify the appropriate configuration.

Perform Internet traffic analysis by using Windows NT Server tools.

Monitor current sessions.

Troubleshooting

Resolve Proxy Server and Proxy Server client installation problems.

Resolve Proxy Server and Proxy Server client access problems.

Resolve Proxy Server client computer problems.

Resolve security problems.

Resolve caching problems.

Troubleshoot a WINS server to provide client access to Proxy Servers.

Troubleshoot hardware-related problems such as network interfaces and disk drives.

Troubleshoot Internet/intranet routing hardware and software. Software includes Microsoft Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS).

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