ITunes and ISA Server 2004 Service Pack 2

Prior to SP2, if a requested destination name was in the list, it was accessed directly. With SP2 - a requested name in the list is accessed directly, unless IP addresses are included in the list. In that case, an attempt is made to resolve the site name to an IP address. Access is direct only if the resolved IP address is found in the list.

There have been lots of questions from customers on how to make ITunes work after applying ISA Server Service Pack 2.

First of all, some background on what’s happening. A server might return a compressed response (with an "Content-Encoding: gzip "HTTP header) even though ISA Server did not specifically request compressed data. For security reasons, if the ISA Server compression settings are not enabled to Request compressed HTTP content from servers, then ISA Server will deny the response.

This is what’s happening with ITunes.

The good news: the music can go on…You can configure ISA Server so that ITunes will work. Here’s how:

  1. On the General node, click Define HTTP Compression Preferences.
  2. On the Settings tab, add a computer set that includes the IP address of the site to the list.
  3. Select the site and click Set Compression.
  4. Enable Request compressed HTTP content from servers.

Let the music play!

Adina Hagege

ISA Server Product Team

Comments

  • Anonymous
    January 01, 2003
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    January 01, 2003
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    January 01, 2003
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  • Anonymous
    April 03, 2006
    While I appreciate the help, I don’t under stand step 2 ‘add the site to the list’.  Can you be more specific?  Thanks Russell

  • Anonymous
    April 10, 2006
    Step 2 doesn't make sense - when you click Add, you get the dialog to add a new  Network or Computer Set.  How do I add a site?

  • Anonymous
    April 10, 2006
    Apologies for being unclear--I'll update the entry, which should read "add a computer set that includes the IP address of the site to the list."

  • Anonymous
    April 11, 2006
    If you start logging then access iTunes you get several IP addresses. Do you know what IP ranges are necessary?  Since you are bloging on setting up iTunes in ISA SP2 can you expand on step 2. Thanks

  • Anonymous
    April 13, 2006
    Exactly, is there a list of iTunes iP addresses. Surely everyone has to enter the same addresses and could list them here?

    Thank you

  • Anonymous
    April 18, 2006
    Use the logging tab to find out. However these are the ones i use: 17.250.236.65, 69.44.123.19, 69.44.123.24, 69.44.123.26

  • Anonymous
    April 24, 2006
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  • Anonymous
    May 31, 2006
    Best of the text i read about a problem.

  • Anonymous
    June 02, 2006
    We are wellocme to it's configuration.

  • Anonymous
    June 06, 2006
    Wellcome to the real world.

  • Anonymous
    October 25, 2006
    More IP addresses: 194.109.192.22 and 194.109.192.7

  • Anonymous
    February 20, 2007
    I have added all the IP addresses as instructed.  I still can't get iTunes store to work.  What am I missing?

  • Anonymous
    May 10, 2007
    Hello everyone, wanna be part of some kind of community, possible here? anyone here?