Prevent Deleting Web sites that the User has Visited is enabled.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-22149	DTBI770	SV-25703r1_rule	ECSC-1	Medium

Description
This policy prevents users from deleting the history of Web sites the user has visited. If you do not configure this policy setting, the user will be able to select whether to delete or preserve Web sites the user visited when the user clicks Delete.

STIG	Date
Internet Explorer 8 STIG	2015-12-17

Details

Check Text ( C-27161r1_chk )
The policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Internet Explorer -> Delete Browsing History -> “Prevent Deleting Web sites that the User has Visited” will be set to “Enabled”. Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Privacy Criteria: If the value CleanHistory is REG_DWORD = 0, this is not a finding.

Check Text ( C-27161r1_chk )

The policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Internet Explorer -> Delete Browsing History -> “Prevent Deleting Web sites that the User has Visited” will be set to “Enabled”. Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Privacy
Criteria: If the value CleanHistory is REG_DWORD = 0, this is not a finding.

Fix Text (F-23256r1_fix)
The policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Internet Explorer -> Delete Browsing History -> “Prevent Deleting Web sites that the User has Visited” will be set to “Enabled”. Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Privacy Criteria: Set the value CleanHistory to REG_DWORD = 0.

Fix Text (F-23256r1_fix)

The policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Internet Explorer -> Delete Browsing History -> “Prevent Deleting Web sites that the User has Visited” will be set to “Enabled”. Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Privacy Criteria: Set the value CleanHistory to REG_DWORD = 0.