RE: OWA 2003

  • From: "Thomas W Shinder" <tshinder@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "[ExchangeList]" <exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2006 12:12:54 -0600

Hi Carl,

You better not make so many assumptions, you know what happens when you
assume :)

Tom

Thomas W Shinder, M.D.
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MVP -- ISA Firewalls
**Who is John Galt?**

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carl Houseman [mailto:c.houseman@xxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2006 11:25 AM
> To: [ExchangeList]
> Subject: [exchangelist] RE: OWA 2003
> 
> http://www.MSExchange.org/
> 
> I'll assume that you don't speak for Microsoft and you don't 
> have anything
> to back up "what they had in mind" other than a personal belief.
> 
> If it is more than a belief, feel free to name names of 
> Microsoft employees
> who told you what they had in mind.
> 
> I'm done with this now.  You can of course try the same 
> argument over at
> that other Exchange list if you need more abuse from MVPs.
> 
> Carl
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas W Shinder [mailto:tshinder@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2006 12:07 PM
> To: [ExchangeList]
> Subject: [exchangelist] RE: OWA 2003
> 
> Hi Carl,
> 
> I don't call opening a handful of ports "blowing holes". I think
> security professionals know better. What Microsoft had in mind with to
> keep things rediculously easy for the ill informed, that's all.
> 
> Tom
> 
> Thomas W Shinder, M.D.
> Site: www.isaserver.org
> Blog: http://spaces.msn.com/members/drisa/
> Book: http://tinyurl.com/3xqb7
> MVP -- ISA Firewalls
> **Who is John Galt?**
> 
>  
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Carl Houseman [mailto:c.houseman@xxxxxxxxx] 
> > Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2006 10:55 AM
> > To: [ExchangeList]
> > Subject: [exchangelist] RE: OWA 2003
> > 
> > http://www.MSExchange.org/
> > 
> > As always, there are two camps on this.  One camp wants to 
> > blow holes in the
> > firewall to permit the FE to talk to the BE.  The other wants 
> > to avoid that.
> > 
> > See "Figure 1 Secure Firewall Structure" here:
> > <http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/prodtech/exchangese
> > rver/secmod44.
> > mspx>
> > 
> > So, Microsoft favors the FE and BE servers on the same 
> > security zone, when
> > their ISA server is used as reverse proxy.
> > 
> > Have fun arguing with Microsoft.  When you convince them and 
> > they change
> > their document, let us know.  Otherwise, we already know your 
> > opinion, so
> > thanks for sharing.
> > 
> > Carl
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Thomas W Shinder [mailto:tshinder@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
> > Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2006 11:31 AM
> > To: [ExchangeList]
> > Subject: [exchangelist] RE: OWA 2003
> > 
> > http://www.MSExchange.org/
> > 
> > About why putting a front-end, Internet facing, Exchange 
> Server on the
> > same security zone as the back end Exchange servers. I'd like to
> > understand the misconceptions that underlie that assertion, 
> so that we
> > can shoot them down and show how foolish they are.
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > Tom
> > 
> > Thomas W Shinder, M.D.
> > Site: www.isaserver.org
> > Blog: http://spaces.msn.com/members/drisa/
> > Book: http://tinyurl.com/3xqb7
> > MVP -- ISA Firewalls
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Andy David [mailto:adavid@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> > > Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2006 10:30 AM
> > > To: [ExchangeList]
> > > Subject: [exchangelist] RE: OWA 2003
> > > 
> > > http://www.MSExchange.org/
> > > 
> > > About what? 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Thomas W Shinder [mailto:tshinder@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
> > > Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2006 11:25 AM
> > > To: [ExchangeList]
> > > Subject: [exchangelist] RE: OWA 2003
> > > 
> > > http://www.MSExchange.org/
> > > 
> > > Hi Andy,
> > > 
> > > You are patently WRONG about that. Where did you get such 
> incorrect
> > > advice? Because whoever told you that is most definitely 
> > not security
> > > minded.
> > > 
> > > You might want to share the rationale you used for this 
> assertion so
> > > that we can shoot it down sequentially and rationally.
> > > 
> > > Tom
> > > 
> > > Thomas W Shinder, M.D.
> > > Site: www.isaserver.org
> > > Blog: http://spaces.msn.com/members/drisa/
> > > Book: http://tinyurl.com/3xqb7
> > > MVP -- ISA Firewalls
> > > 
> > >  
> > > 
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Andy David [mailto:adavid@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > > > Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2006 9:57 PM
> > > > To: [ExchangeList]
> > > > Subject: [exchangelist] RE: OWA 2003
> > > > 
> > > > http://www.MSExchange.org/
> > > > 
> > > > http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=E6466
> > > > 6FC-42B7-4
> > > > 8A1-AB85-3C8327D77B70&displaylang=en
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Don't put it in the DMZ however. That's just foolish. Put a 
> > > > reverse-proxy in the DMZ if you must. Otherwise, keep the 
> > Front End 
> > > > server behind your firewall.
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Dave Flaim [mailto:thethin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > > > Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2006 10:41 PM
> > > > To: [ExchangeList]
> > > > Subject: [exchangelist] OWA 2003
> > > > 
> > > > http://www.MSExchange.org/
> > > > 
> > > > Is it possible to install OWA on a separate server than 
> > the Excange 
> > > > 2003 server - ie. we would like to place he OWA server in 
> > > the DMZ.  Of
> > > 
> > > > so does anyone have a procedure or reference?
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks
> > > > Dave Flaim
> > > > CVI
> 
> 
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