MS Exchange 2010 Edge Transport Server STIG
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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Non-existent recipients must not be blocked.
<VulnDiscussion>SPAM originators, in an effort to refine mailing lists, sometimes use a technique where they first create fictitious names, a...Rule Medium Severity -
Exch-2-317
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Sender Filter must block accepted domains at the edge.
<VulnDiscussion>SPAM origination sites and other sources of suspected Email-borne malware have the ability to corrupt, compromise, or otherwi...Rule Medium Severity -
Exch-2-308
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Exch-2-314
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Messages with blank sender field must be filtered.
<VulnDiscussion>By performing filtering at the perimeter, up to 90% of SPAM, malware, and other undesirable messages are eliminated from the ...Rule Medium Severity -
Exch-2-311
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Messages with blank senders must be rejected.
<VulnDiscussion>By performing filtering at the perimeter, up to 90% of SPAM, malware, and other undesirable messages are eliminated from the ...Rule Medium Severity -
Exch-2-769
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Outbound Connection Timeout must be 10 or less.
<VulnDiscussion>Email system availability depends in part on best practices strategies for setting tuning configurations. This configuration ...Rule Low Severity -
Exch-2-768
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Internal Send Connectors must use an authentication level
<VulnDiscussion>The Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) connector is used by Exchange to send and receive messages from server to server. Th...Rule Medium Severity
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