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Microsoft Exchange 2019 Edge Server Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • More than one Edge server must be deployed.

    <VulnDiscussion>To ensure hostile insiders are unable to easily commit DoS attacks and reduce the effectiveness of mail flow throughout the e...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000247

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Exchange Outbound Connection Timeout must be 10 minutes or less.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Email system availability depends in part on best practice strategies for setting tuning configurations. This configuration c...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000247

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Exchange Outbound Connection limit per Domain Count must be controlled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Email system availability depends in part on best practice strategies for setting tuning configurations. This configuration c...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000247

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Exchange receive connector maximum hop count must be 60.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Email system availability depends in part on best practice strategies for setting tuning configurations. This setting control...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000247

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Exchange receive connectors must control the number of recipients per message.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Email system availability depends in part on best practice strategies for setting tuning configurations. This configuration...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000247

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Exchange send connector connections count must be limited.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This setting controls the maximum number of simultaneous outbound connections allowed for a given SMTP Connector and can be u...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000247

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Exchange message size restrictions must be controlled on Send connectors.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Email system availability depends in part on best practice strategies for setting tuning configurations. For message size res...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000247

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Exchange 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 and user notifications are issued ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000247

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Exchange 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 Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000247

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Exchange receive connectors must control the number of recipients chunked on a single message.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Email system availability depends in part on best practice strategies for setting tuning configurations. For message size res...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000247

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group

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