Online content options must be configured for offline content availability.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-26630	DTOO345 - Office System	SV-34086r1_rule	ECSC-1	Medium

Description
The Office 2010 Help system automatically searches Microsoft Office.com for content when a computer is connected to the Internet. Users can change this default by clearing the Search Microsoft Office.com for Help content when I'm connected to the Internet check box in the Privacy Options section of the Trust Center. If your organization has policies that govern the use of external resources such as Office.com, allowing the Help system to download content might cause users to violate these policies.

Description

The Office 2010 Help system automatically searches Microsoft Office.com for content when a computer is connected to the Internet. Users can change this default by clearing the Search Microsoft Office.com for Help content when I'm connected to the Internet check box in the Privacy Options section of the Trust Center. If your organization has policies that govern the use of external resources such as Office.com, allowing the Help system to download content might cause users to violate these policies.

STIG	Date
Microsoft Office System 2010	2012-06-22

Details

Check Text ( C-34226r1_chk )
The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office 2010 -> Tools \| Options \| General \| Service Options... -> Online Content “Online content options” must be set to “Enabled: Search only offline content whenever available”. Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\14.0\common\internet Criteria: If the value UseOnlineContent is REG_DWORD = 1, this is not a finding.

Check Text ( C-34226r1_chk )

The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office 2010 -> Tools | Options | General | Service Options... -> Online Content “Online content options” must be set to “Enabled: Search only offline content whenever available”.

Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key:

HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\14.0\common\internet

Criteria: If the value UseOnlineContent is REG_DWORD = 1, this is not a finding.

Fix Text (F-29916r1_fix)
Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office 2010 -> Tools \| Options \| General \| Service Options... -> Online Content “Online content options” to “Enabled: Search only offline content whenever available”.