[isalist] OWA Problem

  • From: Rob Moore <RMoore@xxxxxxxx>
  • To: "isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2012 15:31:28 +0000

We are in the midst of a transition from Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2010. So we 
have two sets of rules to enable external access through our TMG 2010 server, 
rules for the people whose mailboxes are still on Exchange 2007 and rules for 
those now on Exchange 2010. After a lot of messing about, we got everything 
working acceptably. Everything has been stable for a few weeks.

Then, a couple of days ago, we started having this odd problem. If a user's 
mailbox is still on Exchange 2007, everything works normally. But if a user's 
mailbox is on Exchange 2010, s/he can connect to OWA normally, but when s/he 
tries to open anything in the "Options" menu (e.g., Set Automatic Replies or 
Change Your Password), s/he gets a TMG error page that says "Network Access 
Message: The page cannot be displayed" and further down it says "Error Code: 
403 Forbidden. The server denied the specified Uniform Resource Locator (URL). 
Contact the server administrator. (12202)"

I monitored it on the TMG console and got several errors. I've pasted some in 
at the end of this email.

We are not aware of any changes to our TMG rules or our Exchange 2010 servers. 
(Well, with one exception: I was working with MS PSS on an unrelated TMG issue. 
The MS tech created two new rules right at the top of the stack, and then later 
that day was when the problem started. However, if I disable those two rules, 
the OWA problem still exists. So I don't THINK those rules have anything to do 
with this problem.)

Why is TMG suddenly interfering here? Or would you say that the problem is 
originating on the Exchange server?

Thanks for any input,
Rob


Here's one error:
Client Agent       Authenticated Client      Service Referring Server           
    Destination Host Name Transport            HTTP Method               Filter 
Information            MIME Type         Object Source   Cache Information      
    Error Information                Source Port        Session Type      
Bidirectional       Network Interface          Raw IP Header  Raw Payload      
Processing Time      Bytes Sent          Bytes Received Original Client IP      
         GMT Log Time   Authentication Server   UAG Array Id                UAG 
Version      UAG Module Id                UAG Id UAG Severity     UAG Type      
     UAG Event Name            UAG Session Id            UAG Trunk Name         
   UAG Service Name         UAG Error Code                Internal Service Info 
Log Field                Client Application SHA1 Hash      Client Application 
Trust State      Client Application Internal Name              Client 
Application Product Name           Client Application Product Version           
Client Application File Version    Client Application Original File Name        
   Client FQDN       URL Categorization Reason          Forefront TMG Client 
Version    URL Destination Host Name         Log Time              Client IP    
           Destination IP    Destination Port               Protocol            
   Action   Overridden Rule       NIS Scan Result NIS Signature     NIS 
Application Protocol               Rule       Result Code        HTTP Status 
Code                Client Username              Source Network               
Destination Network      URL        Server Name     URL Category     Log Record 
Type       Malware Inspection Action          Malware Inspection Result         
 Threat Name     Threat Level       Content Delivery Method              
Malware Inspection Duration (msec)      NAT Address      Client Application Path
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; MS-RTC EA 2; 
.NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729)         Yes     
    Reverse Proxy                   webmail.afsc.org             TCP        GET 
       Req ID: 0dad9a43; Compression: client=Yes, server=No, compress rate=0% 
decompress rate=0% ; FBA cookie: exists=yes, valid=yes, updated=no, logged 
off=no, client type=private, user activity=yes                                  
         0x0         0x0         11667    Web Proxy                             
   -              -              -              1              3391       873   
      -              6/6/2012 2:46:59 PM                                       
0                              0                                                
                                                              0              0  
            -                              -              -              -      
        -                -              -                              -        
      webmail.afsc.org             6/6/2012 10:46:59 AM    209.120.230.110      
          209.120.230.118                443         https     Denied 
Connection                         Inspected                                    
        Default rule                                12202 Forefront TMG denied 
the specified Uniform Resource Locator (URL).      anonymous        External    
            Local Host            
http://webmail.afsc.org/ecp/?rfr=owa&p=Organize/AutomaticReplies.slab        
PHL-TMG2          -                Web Proxy Filter                             
                                                                 0              
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Here's another:
Client Agent       Authenticated Client      Service Referring Server           
    Destination Host Name Transport            HTTP Method               Filter 
Information            MIME Type         Object Source   Cache Information      
    Error Information                Source Port        Session Type      
Bidirectional       Network Interface          Raw IP Header  Raw Payload      
Processing Time      Bytes Sent          Bytes Received Original Client IP      
         GMT Log Time   Authentication Server   UAG Array Id                UAG 
Version      UAG Module Id                UAG Id UAG Severity     UAG Type      
     UAG Event Name            UAG Session Id            UAG Trunk Name         
   UAG Service Name         UAG Error Code                Internal Service Info 
Log Field                Client Application SHA1 Hash      Client Application 
Trust State      Client Application Internal Name              Client 
Application Product Name           Client Application Product Version           
Client Application File Version    Client Application Original File Name        
   Client FQDN       URL Categorization Reason          Forefront TMG Client 
Version    URL Destination Host Name         Log Time              Client IP    
           Destination IP    Destination Port               Protocol            
   Action   Overridden Rule       NIS Scan Result NIS Signature     NIS 
Application Protocol               Rule       Result Code        HTTP Status 
Code                Client Username              Source Network               
Destination Network      URL        Server Name     URL Category     Log Record 
Type       Malware Inspection Action          Malware Inspection Result         
 Threat Name     Threat Level       Content Delivery Method              
Malware Inspection Duration (msec)      NAT Address      Client Application Path
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; MS-RTC EA 2; 
.NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729)         Yes     
    Reverse Proxy   https://webmail.afsc.org/owa/ webmail.afsc.org             
TCP        GET        Req ID: 0dad99e4; Compression: client=Yes, server=No, 
compress rate=0% decompress rate=0% ; FBA cookie: exists=yes, valid=yes, 
updated=no, logged off=no, client type=private, user activity=no       
text/html; charset=UTF-8            Internet                0x610c0000         
0x582    15653                                    -              -              
-              9984       712         860         -              6/6/2012 
2:46:59 PM                                          0                           
   0                                                                            
                                  0              0              -               
                 -              -              -              -              -  
            -                              -              webmail.afsc.org      
       6/6/2012 10:46:59 AM         209.120.230.110                
172.17.200.117  443         https     Failed Connection Attempt                 
        Inspected                                            Outlook Web Access 
                     10054 An existing connection was forcibly closed by the 
remote host.                 afsc\rmoore       External               Local 
Host            
http://webmail.afsc.org/owa/ev.owa?UA=0&oeh=1&ns=PendingRequest&ev=PendingNotificationRequest&canary=hBU7-81RBU2DB0XkmaeH0WUbeH2KF88Ie_NQtORBsJALoLmDClmusrEUeQBTxSvw3yevmb-0Q7Q.
     PHL-TMG2          -                Web Proxy Filter                        
                                                                      0         
     -              -

I got several of these that are almost identical, except for a file name:
Client Agent       Authenticated Client      Service Referring Server           
    Destination Host Name Transport            HTTP Method               Filter 
Information            MIME Type         Object Source   Cache Information      
    Error Information                Source Port        Session Type      
Bidirectional       Network Interface          Raw IP Header  Raw Payload      
Processing Time      Bytes Sent          Bytes Received Original Client IP      
         GMT Log Time   Authentication Server   UAG Array Id                UAG 
Version      UAG Module Id                UAG Id UAG Severity     UAG Type      
     UAG Event Name            UAG Session Id            UAG Trunk Name         
   UAG Service Name         UAG Error Code                Internal Service Info 
Log Field                Client Application SHA1 Hash      Client Application 
Trust State      Client Application Internal Name              Client 
Application Product Name           Client Application Product Version           
Client Application File Version    Client Application Original File Name        
   Client FQDN       URL Categorization Reason          Forefront TMG Client 
Version    URL Destination Host Name         Log Time              Client IP    
           Destination IP    Destination Port               Protocol            
   Action   Overridden Rule       NIS Scan Result NIS Signature     NIS 
Application Protocol               Rule       Result Code        HTTP Status 
Code                Client Username              Source Network               
Destination Network      URL        Server Name     URL Category     Log Record 
Type       Malware Inspection Action          Malware Inspection Result         
 Threat Name     Threat Level       Content Delivery Method              
Malware Inspection Duration (msec)      NAT Address      Client Application Path
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; MS-RTC EA 2; 
.NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729)         No      
    Reverse Proxy   
https://webmail.afsc.org/ecp/?rfr=owa&p=Organize/AutomaticReplies.slab      
webmail.afsc.org             TCP        GET        Req ID: 0dad9a45; 
Compression: client=Yes, server=No, compress rate=0% decompress rate=0% ; FBA 
cookie: exists=yes, valid=yes, updated=no, logged off=no, client type=private, 
user activity=no                                       0x0         0x80       
18515                                    -              -              -        
        1              28774    1032       -              6/6/2012 2:46:59 PM   
                                    0                              0            
                                                                                
                  0              0              -                              
-              -              -              -              -              -    
                          -                                6/6/2012 10:46:59 AM 
   209.120.230.110                209.120.230.118                443         
https     Failed Connection Attempt                                             
                                                                  12210 An 
Internet Server API (ISAPI) filter has finished handling the request. Contact 
your system administrator.            anonymous                                 
       
http://webmail.afsc.org/Wbo-CB10098D-AA05-4CA8-A009-E17E9C19A0A3/logo.png       
PHL-TMG2          Unknown                Web Proxy Filter                       
                                                                       0        
      -              -

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Rob Moore
Network Manager
215-241-7870
Helpdesk: 800-500-AFSC

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