URL Suggestions must be disallowed.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-34590	DTBI1030	SV-45454r1_rule	ECSC-1	Medium

Description
This policy setting turns off URL Suggestions. URL Suggestions allow users to auto complete URLs in the address bar based on common URLs. The list of common URLs is stored locally and is updated once a month. No user data is sent over the internet by this feature. If you enable this policy setting, URL Suggestions will be turned off. Users will not be able to turn on URL Suggestions. If you disable this policy setting, URL Suggestions will be turned on. Users will not be able to turn off URL Suggestions. If you do not configure this policy setting, URL Suggestions will be turned on. Users will be able to turn on or turn off URL Suggestions in the Internet Options dialog.

Description

This policy setting turns off URL Suggestions. URL Suggestions allow users to auto complete URLs in the address bar based on common URLs. The list of common URLs is stored locally and is updated once a month. No user data is sent over the internet by this feature. If you enable this policy setting, URL Suggestions will be turned off. Users will not be able to turn on URL Suggestions. If you disable this policy setting, URL Suggestions will be turned on. Users will not be able to turn off URL Suggestions. If you do not configure this policy setting, URL Suggestions will be turned on. Users will be able to turn on or turn off URL Suggestions in the Internet Options dialog.

STIG	Date
Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2016-09-16

Details

Check Text ( C-42803r1_chk )
The policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Internet Explorer-> Internet Settings-> AutoComplete "Turn off URL Suggestions" must be "Enabled". Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion Criteria: If the value Enabled is REG_DWORD = 0, this is not a finding.

Check Text ( C-42803r1_chk )

The policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Internet Explorer-> Internet Settings-> AutoComplete "Turn off URL Suggestions" must be "Enabled".

Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DomainSuggestion

Criteria: If the value Enabled is REG_DWORD = 0, this is not a finding.

Fix Text (F-38851r1_fix)
Set the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Internet Explorer-> Internet Settings-> AutoComplete "Turn off URL Suggestions" to "Enabled".