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Message Relays on a DMZ

Scenario:

Currently have a Sophos Update Manager on the DMZ that all the DMZ servers get there updates from

The situation is that I need all the DMZ servers to report back to the Sophos Enterprise Console for reporting

The ports are open on the DMZ for 8192 and 8194 back to the Sophos Update Manager on the DMZ server but it needs to report back internally to the Sophos Enteprise Console in our internal network

My thoughts are that we need to create the Sophos Update Manager on the DMZ server as a Message Relay Server so it can report back to the Sophos Enterprise Console.   From the DMZ server back to the Sophos Enterprise Console server the ports are already open for 8192 and 8194

Do I need to create a message relay server on the SUM DMZ server? If so, how do I do that?

After I believe that we need to change the registry values, if we need to create a message relay server on the DMZ

Change registry values on the message relay

From reading the sophos article below, I need to change the registry values on the Message Relay server

Article 50832

Message relay server (DMZ) = 10.x.x.x; WORKGROUP and on the DMZ

Sophos Internal Management Server - IP Address = 172.16.xx.xx; Computer Name = SophosMgmtServer;  Apart of the Domain.

Example from the Sophos Website of the registry

a) To immediately affect the service:

  1. Modify the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Sophos Message Router\ImagePath
    to the following (all one line):

    "C:\Program Files\Sophos\Remote Management System\RouterNT.exe" -service -name Router -ORBDottedDecimalAddresses 0 -ORBListenEndpoints iiop://:8193/ssl_port=8194&hostname_in_ior=MR.domain.com
  1. Restart the Message Router service on the message relay.

b) To make the change persistent when an RMS update/reinstall occurs:

  • Modify the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Sophos\Messaging System\Router\ServiceArgs to the following (all one line):
    -ORBDottedDecimalAddresses 0 -ORBListenEndpoints iiop://:8193/ssl_port=8194&hostname_in_ior=MR.domain.com

Not really sure what the values mean, If I could get some help to enter the values in red

This is what I think may need to be change but not reallty sure? If anyone could confirm?

-ORBDottedDecimalAddresses 0

&hostname_in_ior=SophosMgmtServer

Change the mrinit.conf on the DMZ servers

Example on the sophos website:

MRParentAddress"="192.168.0.3,[Console-FQDN],[Console-HOSTNAME]"
"ParentRouterAddress"="MR.domain.com"
    

Example what I think needs to be done, in my environment

MRParentAddress"="172.16.x.x,[Console-FQDN],[Console-HOSTNAME]"
"ParentRouterAddress"="10.x.x.x"

If anyone could help out that would be great - thanks

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  • Hello slee,

    do I understand you correctly that the SUM stopped updating after it was moved to the DMZ and unjoined from the domain? Was/is the SophosUpdateMgr account a local account?

    Anyway, try to browse to the \\server\sophosupdate\ share using the domain\accountname credentials. With the standard security settings in the domain this normally works. If it doesn't the firewall would be the prime suspect (when you opened 8192 and 8194 did you also open the ports for SMB?).

    Once updating works you should edit and place mrinit conf as needed (personally I'd not use just the IP, note that all values are tried but it's sufficient that one matches). Please see also Using ConfigCID.exe to implement XML configuration file changes

    Christian 

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  • Hello slee,

    do I understand you correctly that the SUM stopped updating after it was moved to the DMZ and unjoined from the domain? Was/is the SophosUpdateMgr account a local account?

    Anyway, try to browse to the \\server\sophosupdate\ share using the domain\accountname credentials. With the standard security settings in the domain this normally works. If it doesn't the firewall would be the prime suspect (when you opened 8192 and 8194 did you also open the ports for SMB?).

    Once updating works you should edit and place mrinit conf as needed (personally I'd not use just the IP, note that all values are tried but it's sufficient that one matches). Please see also Using ConfigCID.exe to implement XML configuration file changes

    Christian 

    :56841
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