RE: Enabling Full Outlook Client Access Anywhere using the ISA Firewall's Secure Exchange RPC Filter

  • From: "Thomas W Shinder" <tshinder@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "[ISAserver.org Discussion List]" <isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 21:06:59 -0600

Hi Ara,

Unless you have a Check Point or ISA firewall, you're pretty much doomed to 
brain-dead RPC firewalls.

Thomas W Shinder, M.D.
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MVP -- ISA Firewalls

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ara Avvali [mailto:ara.avvali@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2005 8:37 PM
> To: [ISAserver.org Discussion List]
> Subject: [isalist] RE: Enabling Full Outlook Client Access 
> Anywhere using the ISA Firewall's Secure Exchange RPC Filter
> 
> http://www.ISAserver.org
> 
> Sorry for asking but any idea about this one if I get it? 
> http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?childpagename=US%2FLa
yout&packedargs=c%3DL_Product_C2%26cid%3D1115416833289> 
&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper
> Unfortunately I can't connect the line directly to ISA. Major 
> due to having 2 wan lines and cheap solution like a dual wan 
> port nat device. 
> 
> Is anyone else doing this behind a nat device like and got a 
> suggestion for an under 300$ device?
> appreciated
> 
> Ara Avvali
> Boss Audio Systems
> Phone: (805)988-0192 Ext 276
> Email: ara.avvali@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> ________________________________________
> From: Ara Avvali 
> Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2005 6:00 PM
> To: '[ISAserver.org Discussion List]'
> Subject: RE: Enabling Full Outlook Client Access Anywhere 
> using the ISA Firewall's Secure Exchange RPC Filter
> 
> Oh damn, 
> It is a http://www.hotbrick.com/produto.asp?tipo=2&codPro=22 
> . Do you think I am out of luck achieving this?
> 
> One more thing, after doing the registry settings I couldn't 
> connect to exchange from von which I used too. So I deleted 
> the reg key and restarted exchange system attendant and it 
> fine for now. Any idea? 
> 
> Ara Avvali
> Boss Audio Systems
> Phone: (805)988-0192 Ext 276
> Email: ara.avvali@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> ________________________________________
> From: Thomas W Shinder [mailto:tshinder@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2005 4:49 PM
> To: [ISAserver.org Discussion List]
> Subject: [isalist] RE: Enabling Full Outlook Client Access 
> Anywhere using the ISA Firewall's Secure Exchange RPC Filter
> 
> http://www.ISAserver.org
> Hi Ara,
>  
> If the ISA firewall is behind a NAT device, you're at the 
> mercy of the intelligence (or lack thereof) of that devices 
> RPC awareness. Unless you're using a front end ISA firewall, 
> its probably no more intelligent than a mere PIX, which 
> means, not much.
>  
> HTH,
> 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?**
>  
> 
> ________________________________________
> From: Ara Avvali [mailto:ara.avvali@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2005 4:31 PM
> To: [ISAserver.org Discussion List]
> Subject: [isalist] Enabling Full Outlook Client Access 
> Anywhere using the ISA Firewall's Secure Exchange RPC Filter
> http://www.ISAserver.org
>  Dear Tom,
>  
> Following your wonderful article posted on 
> http://isaserver.org/pages/article_p.asp?id=1325 
> 1. I have checked to see if my isp block port 135. when I 
> type the telnet <ip> 135 I get a response back so it should be fine 
> 2. ISA is behind a nat device, so I forwarded tcp 135 to 
> external face of ISA 
> 3. did what you suggested for adding registry key to exchange 
> and restarted IIS admin service and exchange system attendant 
> which restarted depending services too 
> 4. created the exchange rpc rule 
> 5. Created an outlook profile, but every time I load the 
> outlook I get the connection to Microsoft exchange server is 
> unavailable. Outlook must be online or connected to complete 
> this action 
> 6. I monitor ISA logs from my home ip address and the only 
> thing shows up is  ISA    -                       TCP      -  
>                                                               
>        -                                               3647   
>   63         0          228       0x80074e24                  
>        0x0       0x0       Firewall 11/13/2005 2:16:12 PM  
> 192.168.0.11     135       Exchange RPC Server            
> Closed Connection         Inbound Exchange RPC  External      
>       Internal  -           -                    There is no 
> initiated connection. Only closed. 
> 7. it is outlook 2003 sp2 on xp sp2 connecting to exchange 
> sp2 behind isa 2004 sp1 both on server 2003 sp1 
>  
> Thank you for help. If anyone else got a suggestion I would 
> appreciate it 
>  
>  
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