[isalist] Re: Publishing in ISA2006

  • From: "Thomas W Shinder" <tshinder@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 12:06:11 -0600

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Was this an Exchange publishing scenario?

Thomas W Shinder, M.D.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Harrison
> Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 11:48 AM
> To: isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [isalist] Re: Publishing in ISA2006
> 
> http://www.ISAserver.org
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>   
> Ok - now I have to play with this.
> What auth settings did you have at the FE server?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Ball, Dan
> Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 9:12 AM
> To: isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [isalist] Re: Publishing in ISA2006
> 
> Situation finally resolved, I just KNEW it had to be 
> something simple!  
> 
>  
> 
> It took a few days, but I finally got a test server online.  Installed
> ISA2006, verified it would publish the website properly, then imported
> the other ISA server's backup.  Had to do some minor tweaks 
> to adjust it
> for a different computer, but got it running and was able to reproduce
> the problem (w/o SurfControl or RainConnect).  I then spent 
> quite awhile
> purging out all the excess settings to finally get it down a 
> bare system
> with one publishing rule exhibiting the same problem.  
> 
>  
> 
> I then tried to purge that rule down to the bare minimums, and the
> problem disappeared!  So, I went through each setting, one-by-one, and
> finally found that if you set the Authentication Delegation tab to "No
> delegation, but client may authenticate directly", you get the SSL
> required response.  I changed it to "No delegation, and client cannot
> authenticate directly" on the live server, and everything started to
> work again!  
> 
>  
> 
> I know for a fact that I have changed that setting numerous 
> times during
> my testing, so how I didn't stumble across this fix before is 
> beyond me.
> Both of the webservers I publish do support NTLM authentication, so by
> the description of that setting you'd think you'd need to have it set.
> This is definitely something to keep in mind for future
> troubleshooting...  
> 
>  
> 
> To summarize, if you see this error (and SSL is not specified as a
> requirement ANYWHERE):
> 
> Error Code: 403 Forbidden. The page must be viewed over a 
> secure channel
> (Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)). Contact the server 
> administrator. (12241)
> 
> Check your Authentication Delegation settings!
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> ________________________________
> 
> From: isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Ball, Dan
> Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 11:16 AM
> To: isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [isalist] Re: Publishing in ISA2006
> 
>  
> 
> Unfortunately, I ran out of time before I was able to do that.  I did
> attempt to test it, but "all" publishing wasn't working at that time,
> and I had to get SurfControl back up and operational in a really short
> span of time, so it wasn't completed.  I also tried to put RainConnect
> back on, but that gave me some serious errors and wouldn't 
> work at all,
> and with the short amount of time I had to work with I ended 
> up removing
> that and bringing the server up with only one ISP just to get it
> operational.
> 
>  
> 
> I just got off the phone with SurfControl, and they confirmed what I
> suspected.  That program will "block" SSL or non-SSL, but there is
> nothing in the program that will "force" a connection to use 
> SSL, so we
> can "almost" rule that out.  Or, at least we can rule out a SC
> configuration setting as the culprit.
> 
>  
> 
> I have an aide setting up another test ISA server right now, and will
> test a clean install (not using the ISA backup) to see if I can narrow
> it down a bit more.  
> 
>  
> 
> ________________________________
> 
> From: isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Steve Moffat
> Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 10:44 AM
> To: ISA Mailing List
> Subject: [isalist] Re: Publishing in ISA2006
> 
>  
> 
> Did you try it before you added in rainconnect & surfcontrol.....
> 
>  
> 
> S
> 
>  
> 
> From: isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Ball, Dan
> Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 10:43 AM
> To: ISA Mailing List
> Subject: [isalist] Re: Publishing in ISA2006
> 
>  
> 
> Not that I can tell.  It can block SSL or non-SSL 
> connections, but don't
> see anyway to force it to be required.  I'll contact 
> SurfControl and see
> if they know of anything like that. 
> 
>  
> 
> ________________________________
> 
> From: isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Jim Harrison
> Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 9:12 AM
> To: isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [isalist] Re: Publishing in ISA2006
> 
>  
> 
> Unfortunately, there's no way for me to review the SC 
> settings - does it
> have any way to enforce SSL?
> 
>  
> 
> From: isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Ball, Dan
> Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 5:44 AM
> To: isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [isalist] Re: Publishing in ISA2006
> 
>  
> 
> Well, it appears that it might be a configuration issue.  I did an
> almost total rebuild yesterday; I exported the ISA settings, formatted
> the drive, reinstalled ISA and SurfControl (left RainConnect out), and
> got the same exact symptoms.  I'm thinking I'm going to have 
> to rewrite
> all my ISA settings from scratch now.
> 
>  
> 
> ________________________________
> 
> From: isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Jim Harrison
> Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2007 5:05 PM
> To: isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [isalist] Re: Publishing in ISA2006
> 
>  
> 
> I did and so far, the data doesn't line up.
> 
> The capture clearly indicates that ISA is the one responding with the
> "muse use SSL", but none of the configuration seems to require it.
> 
> I tried your site today and I get a "302" redirect, but the 
> SSL listener
> is apparently deaf.
> 
> This too is a non-functional combination.
> 
> I'll have to format the tracing and see what shakes out.  We 
> may have to
> repeat this process a time or two...
> 
>  
> 
> From: isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Ball, Dan
> Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 11:18 AM
> To: isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [isalist] Re: Publishing in ISA2006
> 
>  
> 
> Were you able to make sense of the info I sent you?
> 
>  
> 
> ________________________________
> 
> From: isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Jim Harrison
> Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 11:12 AM
> To: isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [isalist] Re: Publishing in ISA2006
> 
>  
> 
> Get an ISABPAPack in repro mode and send me the results.
> 
> You can get ISABPA from MS downloads.
> 
> The instructions for running ISABPAPack in repro mode are part of the
> package.
> 
> 
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