Put it behind the firewall. Open port 443 on the firewall to the FE server.
 

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Thanks for all of the input.
But I have to ask, if putting the OWA front-end in the DMZ is a bad idea,
what would you recommend instead? Just forwarding ports to the FE server on
the local network or other (sorry, I'm a bit of a n00b when it comes to
network security.. and by a bit, i mean a lot).

Is there any online documentation that details alternatives to putting the
FE in DMZ?

Thanks again for all of your help,

Luke


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That's putting it politely.  I think it's a lousy idea.

Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP
Freelance E-Mail Philosopher
Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups!T

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We have recently had a lot of discussions regarding the Exchange front-end
placement in a DMZ and I think most people agreed that it would not be the
greatest idea.

To make an Exchange server a front-end, yes just check the "this server is a
front-end" box. Also I used to follow Microsoft's Exchange Hosting
whitepapers on FE/BE configuration and created additional HTTP virtual
servers on the back-end that would represent the front-end servers.



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Hi,
Just a couple of questions in relation to OWA 2003.

We are in the process of migrating a network from exch. 5.5 to 2003. We have
an 2003 and 5.5 server running in the same site, AD connector installed,
etc..

1. To setup an OWA2003 server (as a front end only, with no mailbox
storage) on the network to put in a DMZ, do we simply install Exchange
2003
with only the OWA components selected, then use the Exchange Admin to set
that server as a 'front end server'? (in addition to having the right ports,
etc.. setup on the firewall for traffic communication between the OWA and
2003 servers).

2. Since the site contains a 5.5 and 2003 server, will the OWA2003 server be
able to provide access to 5.5 mailboxes? The impression I get from reading
the web suggests that it wont.

If you have any links to specific articles with detail on how this should be
setup, they would be great as well..

Thanks,
Luke Cassar

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