Re: OWA 5.5 on a Stand Alone

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From: Martin Blackstone [MVP - Exchange] (martinb_at_myrealbox.com)
Date: 08/16/04 

Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 15:25:28 -0700

First off, skip the DMZ stuff. Just leave OWA on the local LAN and use SSL.
If you insist on putting OWA in the DMZ, there is quite a bit of hole in the
firewall you will have to open. Enough to make it a pointless exercise.
Don't forget to give all users the logon locally right to the OWA box. 

-- 
Martin Blackstone
MVP - Exchange
http://www.swinc.com/resource/exchange.htm
http://www.swinc.com/resource/e2kfaq_appxc.htm
"ripnrow" <ripnrow@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:B2747BF8-7EE5-4A08-82DE-3F73BB93BDBD@microsoft.com...
>I am trying to setup OWA on a stand alone server so that it can be moved to 
>a
> DMZ and use SSL but I'm having a login problem. The only way I can get 
> users
> to login is if they are setup first as a Local user on this box and their
> user id & password must be the same as their domain user & password. Is 
> there
> some way to set it up so I manage authentication for the domain only and 
> not
> in 2 places?

Relevant Pages

  • Re: SSL and OWA
    ... >> AD behind the DMZ and my E2K server outside the DMZ. ... >> whenever anyone is accessing OWA it will be secure. ... >> I heard several horror stories about OWA with out any SSL. ...
    (microsoft.public.win2000.security)
  • Re: SSL and OWA
    ... > AD behind the DMZ and my E2K server outside the DMZ. ... > I heard several horror stories about OWA with out any SSL. ... They do have a VPN in place now but ppl have to login to their VPN ...
    (microsoft.public.win2000.security)
  • Re: CA, SSL and OWA
    ... Always use SSL for internet connected OWA. ... Why put exchange in the DMZ which requires several holes between the ... > behind the DMZ while having my Exchange Server 2000 outside the DMZ. ...
    (microsoft.public.win2000.security)
  • Re: OWA published in ISA (SBS 2000)
    ... You don't have to be hosting a public website (other than OWA). ... access a website using SSL, your browser checks the SSL certificate for 3 ... 1) the name on the certificate matches the name of the website. ... SSL certificate on a site was not issued by a trusted publisher, ...
    (microsoft.public.backoffice.smallbiz2000)
  • RE: OWA access
    ... Outlook Web Access Does Not Show Contents of Inbox or Other Folders ... When you try to use Microsoft Outlook Web Access (OWA) and Microsoft ... Microsoft recommends that you configure SSL for OWA. ...
    (microsoft.public.exchange.admin)