Deleting web sites that the user has visited must be disallowed.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-22149	DTBI770	SV-40708r1_rule	ECSC-1	Medium

Description
This policy prevents users from deleting the history of web sites the user has visited. If you enable this policy setting, web sites the user has visited will be preserved when the user clicks Delete. If you disable this policy setting, web sites that the user has visited will be deleted when user clicks Delete. 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.

Description

This policy prevents users from deleting the history of web sites the user has visited. If you enable this policy setting, web sites the user has visited will be preserved when the user clicks Delete. If you disable this policy setting, web sites that the user has visited will be deleted when user clicks Delete. 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 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2014-03-21

Details

Check Text ( http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5 )
The policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Internet Explorer -> Delete Browsing History -> “Prevent Deleting Web sites that the User has Visited” must be “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 ( http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5 )

The policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Internet Explorer -> Delete Browsing History -> “Prevent Deleting Web sites that the User has Visited” must be “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-34564r1_fix)
Set the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Internet Explorer -> Delete Browsing History -> “Prevent Deleting Web sites that the User has Visited” to “Enabled”.