Re: Exchange 2003 Frontend Server not Passing to Backend (OWA)

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From: Brad (gooch007atYahooDotCom_at_spamthis.net)
Date: 07/16/04 

Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 03:50:58 GMT

Hi Lasse,
The fe/be authentication is set to "pass through". The front end has
the certificate to establish an SSL link and then communication goes
through unencrypted. The problem appears to be that the fe doesn't
hand off to the backend. I can get to the backend fine if I go direct,
but if I hit the fe server first, I get the Bad Request error after I
authenticate.

The path in IIS, \\.\BackOfficeStorage\MBX, is directing IIS to the
Installable File System? SO the frontend server should have an M:
drive?

Thanks - Brad

On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 13:51:36 +0200, "Lars Pettersson"
<lasse@humandata.se> wrote:

>have you enabled SSL on the BE and then set require encryption?
>all traffic between FE/BE is HTTP,POP3,IMAP4
>
>
>they should be there, its IIS pointing to IFS that is used by IS
>
>Lasse Pettersson
>
>
>
>"Brad" <gooch007atYahooDotCom@spamthis.net> wrote in message
>news:37rcf0hif40egg9o7pcrjn26kpciefe60a@4ax.com...
>> Hi Folks,
>> I've inherited a 2003 test lab - 2 DC's and 2 Exchange boxes
>> configured as fe/be. Quite suddenly the frontend server doesn't
>> communicate with the backend server. I can connect to the backend fine
>> if I go direct, but going through the front end server results in a
>> 400 error.
>>
>> I'm pretty good with 5.5 but obviously out of my element here. Any
>> recomendations on settings to check? And whats with this
>> BackOfficeStorgae share listed in the IIS console?
>>
>> Thanks - Brad
>

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