Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server application filters provide an extra layer of security at the Firewall service. Application filters can access the datastream or datagrams associated with a session within the Firewall service. Application filters are registered with the Firewall service and work with some or all application-level protocol streams or datagrams. An application filter can perform protocol-specific or system-specific tasks, such as authentication and virus checking.
For information on the following application filters which are installed with ISA Server, see Using extensions.