Outbound Connection Limit per Domain Count must be controlled.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-33635	Exch-2-201	SV-44055r2_rule	ECSC-1	Low

Description
Email system availability depends in part on best practices strategies for setting tuning configurations. This configuration controls the maximum number of simultaneous outbound connections from a domain, and works in conjunction with the Maximum Outbound Connections Count setting as a delivery tuning mechanism. If the limit is too low, connections may be dropped. If too high, some domains may use a disproportionate resource share, denying access to other domains. Appropriate tuning reduces risk of data delay or loss. By default, a limit of 20 simultaneous outbound connections from a domain should be sufficient. The value may be adjusted if justified by local site conditions.

Description

Email system availability depends in part on best practices strategies for setting tuning configurations. This configuration controls the maximum number of simultaneous outbound connections from a domain, and works in conjunction with the Maximum Outbound Connections Count setting as a delivery tuning mechanism. If the limit is too low, connections may be dropped. If too high, some domains may use a disproportionate resource share, denying access to other domains. Appropriate tuning reduces risk of data delay or loss. By default, a limit of 20 simultaneous outbound connections from a domain should be sufficient. The value may be adjusted if justified by local site conditions.

STIG	Date
Exchange 2010 Hub Transport Server STIG	2014-03-11

Details

Check Text ( C-41744r2_chk )
Obtain the Email Domain Security Plan (EDSP) and locate the value for 'Maximum Domain Connections' and the server under review. Open the Exchange Management Shell and enter the following command: Get-TransportServer -Identity <'ServerUnderReview'> \| Select Name, Identity, MaxPerDomainOutboundConnections If the value of 'MaxPerDomainOutboundConnections' is set to 20 this is not a finding. If the value of 'MaxPerDomainOutboundConnections' is set to a value other than 20 and has signoff and risk acceptance in the EDSP, this is not a finding.

Check Text ( C-41744r2_chk )

Obtain the Email Domain Security Plan (EDSP) and locate the value for 'Maximum Domain Connections' and the server under review.

Open the Exchange Management Shell and enter the following command:

Get-TransportServer -Identity
<'ServerUnderReview'> | Select Name, Identity, MaxPerDomainOutboundConnections

If the value of 'MaxPerDomainOutboundConnections' is set to 20 this is not a finding.

If the value of 'MaxPerDomainOutboundConnections' is set to a value other than 20 and has signoff and risk acceptance in the EDSP, this is not a finding.

Fix Text (F-37527r2_fix)
Open the Exchange Management Shell and enter the following command: Set-TransportServer -Identity <'ServerUnderReview'> -MaxPerDomainOutboundConnections 20 If an alternate value is desired, obtain signoff with risk acceptance and document in the EDSP.