Exchange 2007 3rd Party SSL Cert – Common Name
I am not sure what the Common Name should point at: our new external OWA web address (owa2.sbcity.org) or the email server’s name (georgia.ccb.gov)? Our external domain (sbcity.org) is different than our internal one (ccb.gov). New-ExchangeCertificate -GenerateRequest -Path c:CertificatesOWA-external-certrequest.req -KeySize 1024 -PrivateKeyExportable $True -SubjectName “c=US, s=CA, l=San Bernardino, o=City of San Bernardino, ou=Information Technology, cn=georgia.ccb.gov” [...]
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| April 8, 2009 9:30 PM
Exchange 2007, Exchange security, SSL
I am not sure what the Common Name should point at: our new external OWA web address (owa2.sbcity.org) or the email server’s name (georgia.ccb.gov)? Our external domain (sbcity.org) is different than our internal one (ccb.gov). New-ExchangeCertificate -GenerateRequest -Path c:CertificatesOWA-external-certrequest.req -KeySize 1024 -PrivateKeyExportable $True -SubjectName “c=US, s=CA, l=San Bernardino, o=City of San Bernardino, ou=Information Technology, cn=georgia.ccb.gov” [...]
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| April 8, 2009 9:30 PM
Exchange 2007, Exchange security, SSL
SSL certificate for 2nd Exchange OWA
Hi all, Our external users access their email via https://owa.domain.com/exchange I am adding a second owa server to our domain for redundancy. The nlb cluster established on the 2 owa servers works fine. In front of the OWA servers is an ISA server that connects to the internet. The ISA connects to OWA using SSL [...]
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| March 4, 2009 11:06 AM
Exchange administration, Exchange security, ISA Server, Network Load Balancing cluster, NLB cluster, Outlook Web Access, OWA, SSL bridging, SSL certificate
Hi all, Our external users access their email via https://owa.domain.com/exchange I am adding a second owa server to our domain for redundancy. The nlb cluster established on the 2 owa servers works fine. In front of the OWA servers is an ISA server that connects to the internet. The ISA connects to OWA using SSL [...]
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| March 4, 2009 11:06 AM
Exchange administration, Exchange security, ISA Server, Network Load Balancing cluster, NLB cluster, Outlook Web Access, OWA, SSL bridging, SSL certificate
LDAP Referrals
ldap newbie here, tia for assistance want to use one repository (like AD) for authentication yet reference another repository (Sun One) for authorization to applications <since AD doesn’t support multiple groups/roles/schema changes well>. example So for application A, want to have the userID/pw authentication use AD, but for authorization to appl A, B, C, want [...]
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| February 16, 2009 2:28 PM
Exchange security, LDAP, LDAP hidden contacts, Security protocols
ldap newbie here, tia for assistance want to use one repository (like AD) for authentication yet reference another repository (Sun One) for authorization to applications <since AD doesn’t support multiple groups/roles/schema changes well>. example So for application A, want to have the userID/pw authentication use AD, but for authorization to appl A, B, C, want [...]
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| February 16, 2009 2:28 PM
Exchange security, LDAP, LDAP hidden contacts, Security protocols
Exchange client is sending excessive outbound email
Hello everyone, For the past 2 days we have noticed in our Exchange Log Analyzer that a particular email address has been sending out in excess of 20,000 messages a day. When we checked the Antivirus program on the client machine it showed 35 viruses in quarantine, removing them gave us access denied. To solve [...]
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| February 18, 2009 7:24 PM
Antivirus, Exchange 2003, Exchange Log Analyzer, Exchange security, Log Analyzer, Viruses
Hello everyone, For the past 2 days we have noticed in our Exchange Log Analyzer that a particular email address has been sending out in excess of 20,000 messages a day. When we checked the Antivirus program on the client machine it showed 35 viruses in quarantine, removing them gave us access denied. To solve [...]
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| February 18, 2009 7:24 PM
Antivirus, Exchange 2003, Exchange Log Analyzer, Exchange security, Log Analyzer, Viruses
General information about Exchange Server
hi i am studing exchange server for my busniess so i have to introduce offer about it so i need a generall information about exchange server and about exchange server 2007 as specific
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| January 23, 2009 9:23 AM
Exchange 2000, Exchange 2003, Exchange 2007, Exchange client applications, Exchange infrastructure (xi), Exchange security, Exchange server software
hi i am studing exchange server for my busniess so i have to introduce offer about it so i need a generall information about exchange server and about exchange server 2007 as specific
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| January 23, 2009 9:23 AM
Exchange 2000, Exchange 2003, Exchange 2007, Exchange client applications, Exchange infrastructure (xi), Exchange security, Exchange server software
Tracking when a user has logged on
As we are having the following problem in the office (small company without an IT person) I was wondering if it is possible to find out when someone last logged on to their PC. System details Email: Exchange server (externally hosted) PC OS: XP Productivity SW: Office 2007 Issue Someone is logging on to a [...]
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| February 4, 2009 8:44 AM
Email security, Employee monitoring, Exchange security, Exchange user settings, Login scripts, Password management, Tracking user activites, User monitoring, User Permissions, User restrictions, User tracking
As we are having the following problem in the office (small company without an IT person) I was wondering if it is possible to find out when someone last logged on to their PC. System details Email: Exchange server (externally hosted) PC OS: XP Productivity SW: Office 2007 Issue Someone is logging on to a [...]
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| February 4, 2009 8:44 AM
Email security, Employee monitoring, Exchange security, Exchange user settings, Login scripts, Password management, Tracking user activites, User monitoring, User Permissions, User restrictions, User tracking
Large emails not sending to certain domains through exchange 2003
Hello, I have a server 2003SBE running my exchange 2003 server, along with AD, DHCP, and DNS. The issue at hand is as follows, if I send and an email over 1mb in size to domain1.com it will sit in the queue and 9 times out of 10 it will time out, but if i [...]
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| October 9, 2008 5:17 PM
Exchange, Exchange security, Microsoft Server 2003, Networking
Hello, I have a server 2003SBE running my exchange 2003 server, along with AD, DHCP, and DNS. The issue at hand is as follows, if I send and an email over 1mb in size to domain1.com it will sit in the queue and 9 times out of 10 it will time out, but if i [...]
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| October 9, 2008 5:17 PM
Exchange, Exchange security, Microsoft Server 2003, Networking
Configuring SMTP Authentication for outgoing mail
sir I am working on exchange server in an organation were any user can send mail with out authentication, so there is a chance for any user to send forge mail ids, so avoide this please help me enabling SMTP Authentication in exchange server 2003, so that each time user has to give his username [...]
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| September 11, 2008 5:04 AM
Authentication, Exchange 2003, Exchange security, Outgoing email, SMTP
sir I am working on exchange server in an organation were any user can send mail with out authentication, so there is a chance for any user to send forge mail ids, so avoide this please help me enabling SMTP Authentication in exchange server 2003, so that each time user has to give his username [...]
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| September 11, 2008 5:04 AM
Authentication, Exchange 2003, Exchange security, Outgoing email, SMTP
Outlook web access… is there a tracking log?
I sometimes log into my work email account at home using Outlook web access. Is there such a thing as a tracking log that my IT dept can view when and where (IP address) i sign into my account? How often are these tracking logs looked at? Is this something that can easily be traced? [...]
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| July 24, 2008 11:27 PM
Email security, Email security management, Exchange security, Exchange server transaction logs, Outlook, Outlook Web Access, OWA
I sometimes log into my work email account at home using Outlook web access. Is there such a thing as a tracking log that my IT dept can view when and where (IP address) i sign into my account? How often are these tracking logs looked at? Is this something that can easily be traced? [...]
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| July 24, 2008 11:27 PM
Email security, Email security management, Exchange security, Exchange server transaction logs, Outlook, Outlook Web Access, OWA
Do anti spam rules on Exchange have priority on outlook ones?
We have an antispam appliance and an Exchange server. For some users, some valid e-mails are put into the Spam folder on Outlook. We would like to white-list the IP of our appliance on Exchange in order to always tag those messages as “valid”. We would like to know if this IP white-listing rule on [...]
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| July 23, 2008 10:01 AM
Exchange anti-spam, Exchange security, Exchange spam filters, Outlook
We have an antispam appliance and an Exchange server. For some users, some valid e-mails are put into the Spam folder on Outlook. We would like to white-list the IP of our appliance on Exchange in order to always tag those messages as “valid”. We would like to know if this IP white-listing rule on [...]
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| July 23, 2008 10:01 AM
Exchange anti-spam, Exchange security, Exchange spam filters, Outlook
utilities to search the 2007 exchange mail store
I am trying to find a free or reasonably priced utility to search my entire exchange mail store to locate items for legal. I have about 60,000 active mail boxes and about 200,000 total in the store. I’ll run it on the test box or weekend if necessary. I do not want to have to [...]
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| July 14, 2008 1:24 PM
Exchange 2007, Exchange security, Exchange server software
I am trying to find a free or reasonably priced utility to search my entire exchange mail store to locate items for legal. I have about 60,000 active mail boxes and about 200,000 total in the store. I’ll run it on the test box or weekend if necessary. I do not want to have to [...]
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| July 14, 2008 1:24 PM
Exchange 2007, Exchange security, Exchange server software
restrict users sending e-mails to specific outband accounts
how to restrict a user in exchange 2003 that should not be able to send an e-mail to some specific account on the internet
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| July 3, 2008 7:39 AM
Exchange 2003, Exchange security, Exchange user settings, User Permissions
how to restrict a user in exchange 2003 that should not be able to send an e-mail to some specific account on the internet
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| July 3, 2008 7:39 AM
Exchange 2003, Exchange security, Exchange user settings, User Permissions
Exchange Server and Outlook
Say your exchange server is getting slow and event viewer shows many outgoing emails sent to email addresses which you normally haven’t seen before. And the sender of the outgoing email is not from your company domain. What’s is the step you follow to troubleshoot? Please describe.
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| June 17, 2008 4:38 AM
Exchange, Exchange security, Exchange Server performance, Exchange server software, Outlook
Say your exchange server is getting slow and event viewer shows many outgoing emails sent to email addresses which you normally haven’t seen before. And the sender of the outgoing email is not from your company domain. What’s is the step you follow to troubleshoot? Please describe.
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| June 17, 2008 4:38 AM
Exchange, Exchange security, Exchange Server performance, Exchange server software, Outlook
SMTP queues sending spam. How can i find what PC is sending these messages
A question submitted on SearchExchange.com It appears a PC on our network has a virus. This morning I found a few hundred messages in the SMTP queues being sent from security@eppi-card.com and security@eppi-card.co.us to hundreds of domains. Is there a way to see which PC sent these messages? Maybe a log showing the IP address [...]
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| May 14, 2008 2:52 PM
Exchange 2003, Exchange security, SMTP, Spam
A question submitted on SearchExchange.com It appears a PC on our network has a virus. This morning I found a few hundred messages in the SMTP queues being sent from security@eppi-card.com and security@eppi-card.co.us to hundreds of domains. Is there a way to see which PC sent these messages? Maybe a log showing the IP address [...]
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| May 14, 2008 2:52 PM
Exchange 2003, Exchange security, SMTP, Spam
Exchange 2007 Send As Permissions
Hi Need to know how to set the send as permissions to a security group for al lmailboxes in Exchange 2007 console or powershell?? Thanks Jason
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| May 21, 2008 5:35 AM
Exchange 2007, Exchange security, Exchange user settings, Mailbox management, PowerShell
Hi Need to know how to set the send as permissions to a security group for al lmailboxes in Exchange 2007 console or powershell?? Thanks Jason
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| May 21, 2008 5:35 AM
Exchange 2007, Exchange security, Exchange user settings, Mailbox management, PowerShell
Inter-office email security
Has anyone heard of or used a solution that can prevent the forwarding or sending of internal emails that contain sensitive info or PI in an Exchange environment? It would seem it would have to happen at the point of creation. Is encryption the answer, although keys could be forwarded just as easily? Thanks.
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| April 19, 2008 3:52 PM
Email security management, Exchange security, Intrusion management
Has anyone heard of or used a solution that can prevent the forwarding or sending of internal emails that contain sensitive info or PI in an Exchange environment? It would seem it would have to happen at the point of creation. Is encryption the answer, although keys could be forwarded just as easily? Thanks.
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| April 19, 2008 3:52 PM
Email security management, Exchange security, Intrusion management
How can I test this at each workstation to see if port 25 traffic is actually being blocked
This question was submitted on SearchExchange.com I have created rules in my firewall to block outgoing port 25 traffic from any computer except the email server. How can I test this at each workstation to see if port 25 traffic is actually being blocked? The firewall logs will show me blocked traffic but I don’t [...]
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| April 9, 2008 2:14 PM
Exchange, Exchange security, Firewalls, Workstations
This question was submitted on SearchExchange.com I have created rules in my firewall to block outgoing port 25 traffic from any computer except the email server. How can I test this at each workstation to see if port 25 traffic is actually being blocked? The firewall logs will show me blocked traffic but I don’t [...]
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| April 9, 2008 2:14 PM
Exchange, Exchange security, Firewalls, Workstations
I have an iPAQ 6965 that won’t mobile activesync.
My iPAQ when in the cradle syncs fine but when mobile it reaches the exchange server then I’m asked to correct my password. I reenter my p/w to be rejected again with the same request, correct exchange server password. I have been through my settings on both exchange AD & device but no joy, still [...]
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| March 17, 2008 9:13 AM
Exchange security, Exchange Server ActiveSync, Mobile synchronization, Password rejection
My iPAQ when in the cradle syncs fine but when mobile it reaches the exchange server then I’m asked to correct my password. I reenter my p/w to be rejected again with the same request, correct exchange server password. I have been through my settings on both exchange AD & device but no joy, still [...]
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| March 17, 2008 9:13 AM
Exchange security, Exchange Server ActiveSync, Mobile synchronization, Password rejection
Managing Orphaned SIDs on AD objects
We discovered that many distribution groups have had individual permissions assigned using the security tab. Primarily this is because the ‘managedBy’ field allows only 1 manager to control membership of the group. Unfortunately when a user is removed from AD the SID is left behind on the various objects the user was granted permission to. [...]
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| January 26, 2011 5:09 PM
Developers, Development, Exchange security, Security, Windows
We discovered that many distribution groups have had individual permissions assigned using the security tab. Primarily this is because the ‘managedBy’ field allows only 1 manager to control membership of the group. Unfortunately when a user is removed from AD the SID is left behind on the various objects the user was granted permission to. [...]
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| January 26, 2011 5:09 PM
Developers, Development, Exchange security, Security, Windows
Moving TO Windows/Exchange 2003 in NATIVE mode.
I’ve been asked to move a large organization to Exchange 2003 Native domain. I think that I should move the AD domain to 2003 mode first. This org has upgraded some 4.0 PDC’s and some 2000 DC’s to windows 2003. There are no windows 2000/4.0 DC’s left. There are a number of sites. Most clients [...]
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| February 2, 2008 4:58 PM
Active Directory, Exchange 2003, Exchange 5.5, Exchange security
I’ve been asked to move a large organization to Exchange 2003 Native domain. I think that I should move the AD domain to 2003 mode first. This org has upgraded some 4.0 PDC’s and some 2000 DC’s to windows 2003. There are no windows 2000/4.0 DC’s left. There are a number of sites. Most clients [...]
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| February 2, 2008 4:58 PM
Active Directory, Exchange 2003, Exchange 5.5, Exchange security
