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Firefox must be configured to allow only TLS.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-15983 DTBF030 SV-16925r4_rule Medium
Description
Use of versions prior to TLS 1.0 are not permitted because these versions are non-standard. SSL 2.0 and SSL 3.0 contain a number of security flaws. These versions must be disabled in compliance with the Network Infrastructure and Secure Remote Computing STIGs.
STIG Date
Mozilla Firefox 2017-01-06

Details

Check Text ( C-16610r4_chk )
Open a browser window, type "about:config" in the address bar.

Verify Preference Name "security.tls.version.min" is set to the value "1" and locked.
Verify Preference Name "security.tls.version.max" is set to the value "3" and locked.

Criteria: If the parameters are set incorrectly, then this is a finding.

If the settings are not locked, then this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-15984r4_fix)
Configure the following parameters using the Mozilla.cfg file:

LockPref "security.tls.version.min" is set to "1".
LockPref "security.tls.version.max" is set to "3".