RE: Exchange mail server settings - easy dump possible?

From: Sullivan Tim P (tim_at_nativemode.com)
Date: 05/24/05

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    Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 23:01:17 -0700
    To: <Petr.Kazil@eap.nl>, <pen-test@securityfocus.com>
    
    

    Not that I know of.

    Since securing exchange relies on file permissions, services, registry
    settings, and proper server configuration, I would think it would be
    hard to just dump all of the settings to a file for reimporting later.
    Especially when AD and the server name are all intertwined as well.

    Normally policies in exchange would be setup to allow you to standardize
    some settings across your exchange environment, and GPO's would be used
    to further standardize.

    But its not really meant to go from lab to production.

    Tim

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Petr.Kazil@eap.nl [mailto:Petr.Kazil@eap.nl]
    Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 9:58 AM
    To: pen-test@securityfocus.com
    Subject: Exchange mail server settings - easy dump possible?

    I've been playing with a trial version of Exchange Server 2003.
    Using the NIST, NSA and Microsoft security guidelines I'm getting a
    better idea of the relevant security settings.
    But it's a pain to click through all the relevant screens in the System
    Manager GUI.

    Is there a tool that dumps all the settings in one readable text file -
    for example like Dumpsec ?
    I haven't been able to find it yet.

    I have found and used the Exchange Best Practices Analyzer Tool, and it
    works fine and covers some of the relevant settings but (AFAIK) not all
    of them.

    Or are the settings stored in the registry, a config file or an XML-file
    with settings somewhere?
    I'm reluctant to try scripting, because I fear that the learning curve
    will be steep (I know VBscript but not the WMI/API interfaces I would
    probably need).

    I will search through my old WindowsITPro magazines and probably it will
    be in here somewhere ...

    Thanks for any suggestions.
    Petr


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