Re: Accessing TS Application on SBS Domain Member Server

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From: Matt Gibson (mattg_at_blueedgetech.ca)
Date: 02/07/05 

Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 13:07:29 -0800

*Eyebrow*

TS ports arn't safe, but RWW is? I'm hoping this is scarsacm.

Matt Gibson - GSEC

"Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]" <sbradcpa@pacbell.net>
wrote in message news:%23JKqjcVDFHA.3120@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> And please don't have TS ports directly exposed to the web. Not safe
> these days IMHO.
>
> Steve LLG wrote:
>> Thanks for the responses - the SBS box is not Premium so I'm not running
>> ISA. I am running a 2 nic configuration with a firewall pointing
>> 3389(ts) to the SBS box. The application server is running server 2003
>> and TS and is behind the SBS box.
>>
>> Anything I can do in RRAS on the SBS box that might solve my problem??
>>
>>
>> "Matt Gibson" <mattg@blueedgetech.ca> wrote in message
>> news:OQiMPRVDFHA.1260@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>
>>>I will admit ignorance here...if that server's a TS app server, does RWW
>>>still work?
>>>
>>>Personally, I've yet to use RWW...seems like FAR too much of a security
>>>hole to me.
>>>
>>>Matt Gibson - GSEC
>>>
>>>"Chad A. Gross [SBS MVP]" <chad.gross@laytonflower.nospam.com> wrote in
>>>message news:ukkqSOVDFHA.328@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>>>
>>>>Or just use Remote Web Workplace . . . :^)
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>
>>>>Chad A. Gross - SBS MVP
>>>>SBS ROCKS!
>>>>
>>>>www.msmvps.com/cgross
>>>>www.gosbs.org
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Matt Gibson wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>You end up there, because your SBS box either has port 3389 forwarded
>>>>>to it, or it's a dual NIC setup.
>>>>>
>>>>>You either have to forward port 3389 to that server, or change it to
>>>>>listen on a different port, then tell ISA to forward that port to
>>>>>that server (Server publishing)
>>>>>
>>>>>Matt Gibson - GSEC
>>>>>
>>>>>"Steve LLG" <xxx@xxx.com> wrote in message
>>>>>news:eKBAHAVDFHA.4020@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>>>>>
>>>>>>Having problems getting remotely connected to an win server 2003
>>>>>>member server hosting an application - the server is a memeber
>>>>>>server in a SBS 2003 standard domain (no ISA).
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I'm not having any problems getting to the app using the ts client
>>>>>>on any machine on the local network, but when I try to connect
>>>>>>remotely using appserver.mydomain.com, I end up in a session on the
>>>>>>SBS box. Can't figure this one out - any suggestions???
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>

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