Re: Newbie Question

Out of the box, Exchange 2003 on SBS 2003 is not an open relay, and is quite
secure.

Use a VPN for the file transfer, and HTTPS/RPC for your outlook, and you'll
be fine.

Matt Gibson - GSEC

"Fraggle" <fraggle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:9Kv6e.17765$il.10279@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi,
>
> I'm setting up a new installation of SBS 2003 for a group of bods out on
> the road in different parts of the world who want to share diaries,
> contacts and files. The server will sit in a hosting centre and the users
> will gain access via a VPN - there will be no access from the LAN.
>
> I'm going to use hardware for the VPN side of things. My concerns centre
> around Exchange and it's security. I don't know a great deal about
> Exchange - I've never wanted to - an the only places I've used it (Exch
> 2000) whatever I have done abuse.org always reports it as an open relay so
> I've used a pop3 connector and pulled mail from an isps catchall account
> and secured it that way - not exactly elegant but the kit is still
> running...
>
> Can anyone give sound advice, hints, tips or pointers for this install and
> also comment on the sharepoint part of it?
>
> I've looked on the web and it seems that this sort of thing is not for the
> faint hearted but we've all got to start somewhere :>)
>


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