Internet facing send Connectors must specify a Smart Host.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-33594	Exch-2-771	SV-44014r2_rule		Medium

Description
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 servers. Appropriate hardening can be applied to the Smart Host rather than at multiple locations throughout the enterprise. Failure to identify a 'Smart Host' could default to each email server performing its own lookups (potentially through protective firewalls). Exchange servers should not be Internet facing, and should therefore not perform any 'Smart Host' functions. When the Exchange servers are Internet facing they must, however, be configured to identify the Internet facing server that is performing the 'Smart Host' function.

Description

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 servers. Appropriate hardening can be applied to the Smart Host rather than at multiple locations throughout the enterprise. Failure to identify a 'Smart Host' could default to each email server performing its own lookups (potentially through protective firewalls). Exchange servers should not be Internet facing, and should therefore not perform any 'Smart Host' functions. When the Exchange servers are Internet facing they must, however, be configured to identify the Internet facing server that is performing the 'Smart Host' function.

STIG	Date
Exchange 2010 Hub Transport Server STIG	2017-01-04

Details

Check Text ( C-41701r4_chk )
Open the Exchange Management Shell and enter the following command: Get-SendConnector \| Select Name, Identity, SmartHosts Identify the Internet facing connectors. If the value of 'SmartHosts' does not return the Smart Host IP Address, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-37486r1_fix)
Open the Exchange Management Shell and enter the following command: Set-SendConnector <'SendConnector'> -SmartHosts <'IP Address of Smart Host'> -DNSRoutingEnabled $false