I've successfully published both WSS 3.0 in my office and Sharepoint 2010 Foundation in a client's company using Form based authentication with custom form and basic backend mode at sharepoint side. In both case HTTPS/HTTP redirection was used (no SSL inside, only on the UTM).
The only problems I've had was with too aggressive firewall profile I started with, so I have to loose it a little bit.
I don't remember that there is SharePoint recommended firewall profile guide, like for Exchange services.
I've successfully published both WSS 3.0 in my office and Sharepoint 2010 Foundation in a client's company using Form based authentication with custom form and basic backend mode at sharepoint side. In both case HTTPS/HTTP redirection was used (no SSL inside, only on the UTM).
The only problems I've had was with too aggressive firewall profile I started with, so I have to loose it a little bit.
I don't remember that there is SharePoint recommended firewall profile guide, like for Exchange services.