Network prediction must be disabled

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-35779	DTBC-0025	SV-47066r2_rule	ECSC-1	Medium

Description
"Enables network prediction in Google Chrome and prevents users from changing this setting. If you enable or disable this setting, users cannot change or override this setting in Google Chrome. If this policy is left not set, this will be enabled but the user will be able to change it." - Google Chrome Administrators Policy List

STIG	Date
Google Chrome v24 Windows Benchmark	2013-03-07

Details

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Universal method (Requires Chrome Browser v15 or later): 1. In the omnibox (address bar) type chrome://policy 2. If DnsPrefetchingEnabled is not displayed under the Policy Name column or it is not set to false under the Policy Value column, then this is a finding. Windows method: 1. Start regedit 2. Navigate to HKLM\Software\Policies\Google\Chrome\ 3. If the DnsPrefetchingEnabled value name does not exist or its value data is not set to 0, then this is a finding.

Check Text ( http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5 )

Universal method (Requires Chrome Browser v15 or later):
1. In the omnibox (address bar) type chrome://policy
2. If DnsPrefetchingEnabled is not displayed under the Policy Name column or it is not set to false under the Policy Value column, then this is a finding.

Windows method:
1. Start regedit
2. Navigate to HKLM\Software\Policies\Google\Chrome\
3. If the DnsPrefetchingEnabled value name does not exist or its value data is not set to 0, then this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-40325r1_fix)
Valid for Chrome Browser version 8 or later. Windows registry: Key Path: HKLM\Software\Policies\Google\Chrome\ Value Name: DnsPrefetchingEnabled Value Type: Boolean (REG_DWORD) Value Data: 0 Windows group policy: Policy Path: Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Google\Google Chrome\ Policy Name: Enable network prediction Policy State: Disabled Policy Value: N/A