Publishing Exchange 2003 Outlook Web Access (OWA) with ISA Server 2000 – Table of Contents

Publishing Exchange 2003 Outlook Web Access (OWA) with ISA Server 2000 –
Table of Contents

By Thomas W Shinder M.D.

 

I recently finished a five part series on how to publish the Exchange 2003 Outlook Web Access Web site using ISA Server 2000. The inspiration behind this series was the realization that ISA Server 2000 provides an absolutely unique ability to protect my OWA 2003 Web sites in a way that no other firewall in its class can do. No other firewall can provide:

 

  • URLScan 2.5 protection at the firewall that’s specifically designed to detect and destroy inbound requests aimed at damaging the OWA Web site

  • SSL to SSL bridging allows the ISA Server 2000 firewall to inspect packets even when those packets are secured and encrypted by SSL from OWA client to the ISA Server firewall and from the ISA Server firewall and OWA Web site on the internal network. SSL to SSL bridging isn’t available in any other firewall in ISA Server’s class

  • Delegation of basic authentication allows the ISA Server 2000 firewall to pre-authenticate the user before any packets from the external user ever arrive at the OWA Web server on the internal network. No unidentified intruders ever get near the OWA Web site!

 

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I’ve included a table of contents for the five part series on Publishing the Outlook Web Access 2003 Web site below:

 

Publishing Exchange 2003 Outlook Web Access (OWA) with ISA Server 2000 Part 1
    Date – Jul 08, 2003       Author – Thomas Shinder      Section – Tutorials :: Exchange 2003
 

ISA Server 2000 is the firewall of choice when publishing Exchange 2000 and Exchange 2003 services. If you are running, or plan to run, Exchange 2000 or 2003 services and want to make those services available to external network users, then it behooves you replace any existing firewall setup you current have in place and use an ISA Server 2000-based firewall offering. Check out this series on OWA 2003 publishing to get off to a good start.

 

Publishing Exchange 2003 Outlook Web Access (OWA) with ISA Server 2000 Part 2: Understanding SSL Bridging and Installing an Enterprise CA
    Date – Jul 09, 2003       Author – Thomas Shinder      Section – Tutorials :: Exchange 2003
 

In the first part of this series on how to publish the Exchange 2003 OWA site using ISA Server 2000, we went over some of the advantages the Exchange 2003 OWA site has over previous versions and a high level overview of the steps required to make the internal Exchange 2003 OWA available to external network users via ISA Server 2000 Web Publishing Rules. In this article we’ll look at how the ISA Server firewall uses SSL bridging to provide a unique level of protection for your Exchange 2003 OWA site

 

Publishing Exchange 2003 Outlook Web Access (OWA) with ISA Server 2000 – Part 3: SSL Bridging Drill Down and Requesting a Web Site Certificate
    Date – Jul 11, 2003       Author – Thomas Shinder      Section – Articles
 

We continue our series on publishing Exchange 2003 OWA sites with a drill down on SSL to SSL bridging and the importance of Web site certificate configuration. Then the steps by steps for obtaining the Web site certificate and exporting it are discussed. Come on in if your wresting with OWA publishing and certificate assignment!

 

Publishing Exchange 2003 Outlook Web Access (OWA) with ISA Server 2000 – Part 4: Importing the OWA Web Site Certificate, Binding the Certificate to the Web Listener and Creating the Destination Set
    Date – Jul 14, 2003       Author – Thomas Shinder      Section – Tutorials :: General Guides and Articles
 

In this, part 4 of our series on publishing the Exchange 2003 OWA Web site, we’ll discuss importing the Web site certificate into the ISA Server firewall’s machine certificate store, configuring the Incoming Web Requests listener to use the Web site certificate and creating the Destination Set for the OWA Web Publishing Rule. If you’re in the market for Exchange 2003 Outlook Web Access Web publishing, then come on in and check it out.

 

Publishing Exchange 2003 Outlook Web Access (OWA) with ISA Server 2000 – Part 5: Creating the OWA Web Publishing Rule, Configuring DNS and Installing URLScan 2.5 for ISA Server Firewalls
    Date – Jul 14, 2003       Author – Thomas Shinder      Section – Articles
 

In this, part five and the last article in our series on using ISA Server 2000 to publishing OWA 2003 Web sites, we’ll cover the following: Creating the OWA Web Publishing Rule, DNS issues in OWA Web Publishing and Using a HOSTS file Installing URLScan 2.5 to Protect the OWA Web site. Come on in and see the grand finale!

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I hope you find this series helpful in setting up, configuring and troubleshooting your secure OWA 2003 publishing scenarios. If you have any questions on any of these articles, or problems with publishing your OWA 2003 Web sites, head on over to http://forums.isaserver.org/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=2;t=009703 and ask a question. I’ll be informed of your post and answer you ASAP. Thanks! –Tom.

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