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I - Mission Critical Classified

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • Exch-2-760

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    Group
  • 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 ...
    Rule Low Severity
  • Exch-2-763

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    Group
  • Internal Send Connectors must use Domain Security (Mutual Authentication TLS).

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) connector is used by Exchange to send and receive messages from server to server. Th...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Exch-2-766

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    Group
  • Internal Send Connectors must require encryption.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) connector is used by Exchange to send and receive messages from server to server. Th...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Exch-2-771

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

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;In the case of identifying a 'Smart Host' for the email environment, a logical send connector is the preferred method. A 'S...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Exch-2-801

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    Group
  • Connectivity logging must be enabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A connectivity log is a record of the SMTP connection activity of the outbound message delivery queues to the destination Mai...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Exch-2-817

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    Group
  • Email Diagnostic log level must be set to low or lowest level.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Log files help establish a history of activities, and can be useful in detecting attack attempts or determining tuning adjust...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Exch-2-820

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    Group
  • The Send Fatal Errors to Microsoft must be disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Log files help establish a history of activities, and can be useful in detecting attack attempts or determining tuning adjust...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Exch-2-826

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    Group
  • Audit data must be protected against unauthorized access.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Log files help establish a history of activities, and can be useful in detecting attack attempts or determining tuning adjust...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Exch-2-828

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    Group
  • Exchange application directory must be protected from unauthorized access.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Default product installations may provide more generous access permissions than are necessary to run the application. By exa...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Exch-2-831

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    Group
  • Exchange must not send Customer Experience reports to Microsoft.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Log files help establish a history of activities, and can be useful in detecting attack attempts or determining tuning adjust...
    Rule Medium Severity

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