RE: VPC file == "bad data"

  • From: Paul Robichaux <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "[ISAserver.org Discussion List]" <isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 18:06:06 -0400

I upgraded my ISA box to W2K3 and now the import works file. Go figure. (Too
bad the remote server is dead, but that's a complaint for another day :)

> From: "Thomas W Shinder" <tshinder@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: "[ISAserver.org Discussion List]" <isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 11:21:48 -0500
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> Subject: [isalist] RE: VPC file == "bad data"
> 
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> 
> Hi Paul,
> 
> I'll see if I can find out what the deal is here.
> 
> I'll ask the Exchange team members I know if they can point me to a
> precise location.
> 
> Thanks!
> Tom
> 
> Thomas W Shinder
> www.isaserver.org/shinder
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> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul E. Robichaux [mailto:paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 4:45 PM
> To: [ISAserver.org Discussion List]
> Subject: [isalist] RE: VPC file == "bad data"
> 
> 
> http://www.ISAserver.org
> 
> 
> I'm sure PSS does know about it, but I'm too {cheap, lazy} to call them.
> Maybe I'll just mail one of the product managers and drop it in his lap
> :)
> 
> The RPC-over-HTTP scripts should be available around
> http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/tools/2003.asp somewhere, although I
> don't
> have a precise location. I may have been premature in mentioning it,
> though,
> because I don't have an exact location.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas W Shinder [mailto:tshinder@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 3:17 PM
> To: [ISAserver.org Discussion List]
> Subject: [isalist] RE: VPC file == "bad data"
> 
> http://www.ISAserver.org
> 
> 
> Hi Paul,
> 
> A number of people have reported this same issue when one end is Windows
> 2000 and the other Windows Server 2003. I haven't heard about any
> solutions, or even what the issue might be.
> 
> There aren't any public KB articles on this issue yet, but I'd bet a
> nickle that PSS is aware of it internally ;-)
> 
> BTW -- great article today on RPC over HTTP. One question, where can I
> find those scripts you mentioned that automatically configure the
> Exchange Servers?
> 
> Thanks!
> Tom
> 
> Thomas W Shinder
> www.isaserver.org/shinder
> ISA Server and Beyond: http://tinyurl.com/1jq1
> Configuring ISA Server: http://tinyurl.com/1llp
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Robichaux [mailto:paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 1:58 PM
> To: [ISAserver.org Discussion List]
> Subject: [isalist] VPC file == "bad data"
> 
> 
> http://www.ISAserver.org
> 
> 
> Scenario: two networks, TOL and RED. I want to set up an on-demand VPN
> between them.
> 
> Proposed approach: use "Configure a Local VPN" button in Network
> Configuration page of ISA Management snap-in. Walk through the steps to
> create a VPC file and send it to the admin at RED.
> 
> Result: importing the file fails with an error message: "Bad data".
> 
> Trying the process in reverse (e.g. Creating the VPC file on RED and
> sending
> it to TOL) fails in the same manner.
> 
> A thread in the newsgroup seems to indicate that this might be an OS
> mismatch; red-isa01 is a W2K3 box and tol-isa01 is W2K. This appears to
> be a
> known problem, but I'm darned if I know the solution (other than setting
> it
> up manually, which is what I did).
> 
> Cheers,
> -Paul
> 
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