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Hello,
All users who are dialling up or connecting via broadband cannot connect to the exchange server using outlook RPC. Not using VPN. Checked RPC services are running and Restarted exchange 2003 server. What services are dependable on RPC services. Any one have any more ideas.
Sal
You're allowing Outlook users to connect directly via RPC through the internet?! Holy crap, dude!!! DON'T DO THAT!!!
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as long as they come, i know its not very secure and we are looking to get VPN soon as soon as the budget comes through, but back to the original question, any ideas on that.
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Security is the main reason but, there are tons of security issues that are associated with it. Why not just setup OWA and let your users access that instead of connecting directly to the server as that is just flat out a horrible idea. I gotta be honest, I have never even heard of anyone considering setting it up the way you are. You are just begging for someone to piggy back in on one of your users and gaining complete access to not only your exchange server (where they could spoof, mail bomb, redirect, etc)but your entire NW. Do a little research on OWA (Outloo Web Access) and maybe a SSL_VPN setup.
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"I have never even heard of anyone considering setting it up the way you are."
I have, and it doesn't take long before they find out how much of an incredibly bad idea it is. :-)
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So hero, how long before they either got hacked OR the users FUBAR'd the server by 'playing with it'?
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How long until?!
I think it's been hacked already.
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Geeze, I guess I shouldnt be surprised by stuff like that given what i've seen but, d@mn, it still does. I just dont get it happening in a business when it isnt that hard to screen people and see if they know they are doing.
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BTW, the reason broadband users can't connect is probably because their ISP's are blocking RPC traffic, and for good reason!
Either that or his firewall is blocking it...which I hope is true...but if that's the case, this guy shouldn't be the one asking these questions since he doesn't know his own configuration.
Bottom line is outside clients should not be allowed to use Outlook to connect to the exchange server unless:
A. they are using VPN.
B. They're using RPC over HTTP.Please help survivors of Hurricane Katrina!
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Correction...Use Outlook as a MAPI client...Pop3 or IMAP4 would be acceptable.
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Ok thanks for all your help appreciate everything that you have suggested. It turns out that the rpcproxy.dll has expired. Thanks for all your help once again.
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Why wouldn't it be? It's more secure than IMAP4 or POP3.
Did he mean that? Well, he apparently didn't know if he was using it or not, which implies he used default settings...which means he wasn't using it.
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Hi,
Sorry i was panicing the before because people were on my back, im not much experienced only 2 years and am currentley studying to get some MCPs. What i meant to say is that we are using RPC over HTTP. The CA had expired took me a bit of time to find the solution on the internet but evetually i did, renewed the CA and outlook connected as straight as i clicked ok.
RegardsSal
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