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MS Exchange 2010 Edge Transport Server STIG

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Send Connectors must be clearly named.

    For send connectors, unclear naming as to direction and purpose increases risk that messages may not flow as intended, troubleshooting efforts may be impaired, or incorrect assumptions may be made ...
    Rule Low Severity
  • Exch-2-754

    Group
  • Exch-2-757

    Group
  • Message size restrictions must be controlled on Send connectors.

    Email system availability depends in part on best practices strategies for setting tuning configurations. For message size restrictions, multiple places exist to set or override inbound or outbound...
    Rule Low Severity
  • Exch-2-760

    Group
  • Send Connector connections count must be limited.

    This setting controls the maximum number of simultaneous outbound connections allowed for a given SMTP Connector, and can be used to throttle the SMTP service if resource constraints warrant it. I...
    Rule Low Severity
  • Exch-2-763

    Group
  • Exch-2-766

    Group
  • Exch-2-771

    Group
  • Internet facing send Connectors must specify a Smart Host.

    In the case of identifying a 'Smart Host' for the email environment, a logical send connector is the preferred method. A 'Smart Host' acts as an Internet Facing Concentrator for other email serve...
    Rule Medium Severity

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