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1.58 EX19-MB-000203

Information

Exchange Outlook Anywhere clients must use NTLM authentication to access email.

GROUP ID: V-259703
RULE ID: SV-259703r961494

Identification and authentication provide the foundation for access control. Access to email services applications require NTLM authentication. Outlook Anywhere, if authorized for use by the site, must use NTLM authentication when accessing email.

Note: There is a technical restriction in Exchange Outlook Anywhere that requires a direct SSL connection from Outlook to the Certificate Authority (CA) server. There is also a constraint where Microsoft supports that the CA server must participate in the Active Director (AD) domain inside the enclave. For this reason, Outlook Anywhere must be deployed only for enclave-sourced Outlook users.

Solution

Open the Exchange Management Shell and enter the following command:

For InternalClientAuthenticationMethod:

Set-OutlookAnywhere -Identity '<IdentityName'> -InternalClientAuthenticationMethod NTLM

For ExternalClientAuthenticationMethod:

Set-OutlookAnywhere -Identity '<IdentityName'> -ExternalClientAuthenticationMethod NTLM

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/23653

Item Details

Category: IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

References: 800-53|IA-2(12), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-001953, Rule-ID|SV-259703r961494_rule, STIG-ID|EX19-MB-000203, Vuln-ID|V-259703

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: 2669332ec1d867cc6482d1e5f123ddd1f25262ca1d79af5c90dd6db6d0035a37