Re: Windows 2003 remote admin access

Hello Roger,

The server sits behind a hardware firewall which is only allowing those
particular ports inbound so access on any other ports shouldn't be possible.
The user does have HTTP and FTP web authoring access but this should (as I
understand it) only be for the areas defined in IIS under the website and
FTP sites? DCOM proxying certainly hasn't been enabled manually by myself.
I'm assuming that this wouldn't be enabled by default? How can I check to
see if it is enabled and if so how can this be used to gain access?

Many thanks,
John

"Roger Abell [MVP]" <mvpNoSpam@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Are they allowed to author web content ? particularly if it is in
and IIS defined application area ??
Has DCOM proxying over HTTP been enabled ?
How are you certain that there are no other allowed ports ?


"John Collins" <jc1998@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hello,

I have a query which is only apparent due to politics in the work place.
On a technical level I can quite easily stop this issue but am intrigued
as to how this can be happening?..

One of our Windows 2003 servers is being accessed by a user who does have
an administrator account, but does not have local access to the server.
From outside the local network the only permitted inbound access is for
HTTP, HTTPS, SMTP and FTP, all using the standard ports. There is no
remote access software installed, e.g. Remote Desktop, NetOp etc. How
can it be possible for files to be added / removed, permissions changed
etc on this server via these protocols? (Obviously the user can interact
with the services that are provided, but things are changing outside of
these locations).

Any ideas at all, anyone?

Thanks,
John





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