The Exchange Receive connector timeout must be limited.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-207321	EX13-MB-000275	SV-207321r615936_rule		Low

Description
Email system availability depends in part on best practice strategies for setting tuning. This configuration controls the number of idle minutes before the connection is dropped. It works in conjunction with the Maximum Inbound Connections Count setting. Connections, once established, may incur delays in message transfer. If the timeout period is too long, there is risk that idle connections may be maintained for unnecessarily long time periods, preventing new connections from being established.

Description

Email system availability depends in part on best practice strategies for setting tuning. This configuration controls the number of idle minutes before the connection is dropped. It works in conjunction with the Maximum Inbound Connections Count setting. Connections, once established, may incur delays in message transfer. If the timeout period is too long, there is risk that idle connections may be maintained for unnecessarily long time periods, preventing new connections from being established.

STIG	Date
Microsoft Exchange 2013 Mailbox Server Security Technical Implementation Guide	2021-12-16

Details

Check Text ( C-7579r393476_chk )
Review the Email Domain Security Plan (EDSP). Determine the Connection Timeout value. Open the Exchange Management Shell and enter the following command: Get-ReceiveConnector \| Select Name, Identity, ConnectionTimeout For each Receive connector, if the value of ConnectionTimeout is not set to 00:10:00, this is a finding. or If ConnectionTimeout is set to other than 00:10:00 and has signoff and risk acceptance in the EDSP, this is not a finding.

Check Text ( C-7579r393476_chk )

Review the Email Domain Security Plan (EDSP).

Determine the Connection Timeout value.

Open the Exchange Management Shell and enter the following command:

Get-ReceiveConnector | Select Name, Identity, ConnectionTimeout

For each Receive connector, if the value of ConnectionTimeout is not set to 00:10:00, this is a finding.

or

If ConnectionTimeout is set to other than 00:10:00 and has signoff and risk acceptance in the EDSP, this is not a finding.

Fix Text (F-7579r393477_fix)
Update the EDSP. Open the Exchange Management Shell and enter the following command: Set-ReceiveConnector -Identity <'IdentityName'> -ConnectionTimeout 00:10:00 Note: The value must be in quotes. or The value as identified by the EDSP that has obtained a signoff with risk acceptance.