Connection to server from external

[metheoe1]

Hello,

we have a scalix server 11.3 running. It works fine so far. But now, we have 2 workmates who would like to access the scalix mailbox from their home office.
Me first idea is to configure a portforwarding (80;443) from our firewall to the scalix server. But is this safe? How are you working with external access?

Kind regards

metheoe

[derfraenk]

Hello,

we have set up a webmail proxy in our DMZ that users may connect to from within the VPN. They authenticate to the VPN application which only allows specific services, such as connecting to the webmail proxy in the DMZ via HTTP. The proxy itself is essentially a (reverse) proxy with Apache and mod_jk/mod_ajp. The firewall then only allows the connections needed for SWA (and the rules wizard which plays a special role) between the proxy and the actual mail server.

I'm sorry I can't provide more details right now because it's been a while since we set this up and I don't have the configuration available at the moment. But you can find a lot of useful information about such a proxy setup in the forums. and in the Scalix wiki.

Kind regards