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MS Exchange 2010 Edge Transport Server STIG

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • External Receive Connectors must be Domain Secure Enabled.

    <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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  • Exch-2-724

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
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  • Internet facing receive connectors must offer TLS before using basic authentication.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Sending unencrypted email over the Internet increases the risk that messages can be intercepted or altered. Transport Layer S...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Exch-2-727

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
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  • Receive Connectors must control the number of recipients per message.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Email system availability depends in part on best practices strategies for setting tuning configurations. This configuratio...
    Rule Low Severity
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  • Exch-2-730

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
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  • Receive Connectors must be clearly named.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;For receive connectors, unclear naming as to direction and purpose increases risk that messages may not flow as intended, tro...
    Rule Low Severity
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  • Auto-forwarding email to remote domains must be disabled or restricted.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Attackers can use automated messages to determine whether a user account is active, in the office, traveling, and so on. An a...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Exch-2-739

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
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  • Tarpitting interval must be set.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Tarpitting is the practice of artificially delaying server responses for specific SMTP communication patterns that indicate h...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Exch-2-741

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
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  • Receive Connector Maximum Hop Count must be 60.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Email system availability depends in part on best practices strategies for setting tuning configurations. This setting contro...
    Rule Low Severity
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  • Exch-2-743

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
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  • Recipient filter must be enabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Email system availability depends in part on best practices strategies for setting tuning configurations. Careful tuning redu...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • Exch-2-751

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
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  • Send Connectors must be clearly named.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;For send connectors, unclear naming as to direction and purpose increases risk that messages may not flow as intended, troubl...
    Rule Low Severity
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  • Exch-2-754

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
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  • Send Connectors delivery retries must be controlled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This setting controls the rate at which delivery attempts from the home domain are retried, user notifications are issued, an...
    Rule Low Severity
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  • Exch-2-757

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
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  • Message size restrictions must be controlled on Send connectors.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Email system availability depends in part on best practices strategies for setting tuning configurations. For message size re...
    Rule Low Severity
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