Title

Connectors are not clearly named as to direction or purpose. (Cat III impact)

Discussion

E-mail system availability depends in part on best practices strategies for setting tuning configurations. For connectors, unclear naming as to direction and purpose increases risk that messages may not flow as intended, troubleshooting efforts may be impaired, or incorrect assumptions made about the completeness of the configuration. Collectively, connectors should account for all connections required for the overall E-Mail topology design. Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) connectors, when listed, must name purpose and direction clearly, and their counterparts on servers to which they connect should be recognizable as their partners.

Check Content

Review connectors created for the site. Procedure: Exchange System Manager >> Administrative Groups >> [administrative groups] >> Routing Groups >> Connectors List of connectors should be clearly named as to purpose and direction. Criteria: If connectors are clearly named as to purpose and direction, this is not a finding.

Fix Text

Revise connectors to ensure they are named clearly as to purpose and direction. Procedure: Exchange System Manager >> Administrative Groups >> [administrative groups] >> Routing Groups >> Connectors Revise names to clearly show purpose and direction.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-20310r1_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-18685

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Expert Comments

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