How to disable the IP spoofing detection feature in Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2000

This step-by-step article describes how to disable the IP Spoof Detection feature in Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2000.

Disable IP Spoof Detection

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By default, IP Spoof detection is enabled in ISA Server 2000. Although there is no way to disable this feature in the ISA Management MMC snap-in, you can turn off this feature in the Windows registry. To do so:

1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.
2. Locate the following registry subkey:
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Services/MspFltEx/Parameters
   If the
   Parameters
   key is not displayed, create it. To do this, point to New on the Edit menu, and then click Key. Name the key Parameters.
3. Right-click Parameters, point to New, and then click DWORD Value.
4. Name the value SpoofDetection.
5. Right-click SpoofDetection, and then click Modify.
6. In the Value data box, type 0 (zero), and then click OK.
   
   WARNING: This setting disables IP Spoof detection on the ISA Server 2000-based computer. To enable IP Spoof detection, set the
   SpoofDetection
   value to 1 (one). This is the default value.
7. Quit Registry Editor, and then restart the ISA Server 2000 services.

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