Deletion of browser history must be disabled.
Severity | Group ID | Group Title | Version | Rule ID | Date | STIG Version |
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| medium | V-221586 | SRG-APP-000089 | DTBC-0052 | SV-221586r960879_rule | 2024-08-22 | 2 |
| Description |
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| Disabling this function will prevent users from deleting their browsing history, which could be used to identify malicious websites and files that could later be used for anti-virus and Intrusion Detection System (IDS) signatures. Furthermore, preventing users from deleting browsing history could be used to identify abusive web surfing on government systems. |
| ℹ️ Check |
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| Universal method: 1. In the omnibox (address bar) type chrome://policy 2. If the policy "AllowDeletingBrowserHistory" is not shown or is not set to false, this is a finding. Windows method: 1. Start regedit 2. Navigate to HKLM\Software\Policies\Google\Chrome\ 3. If the "AllowDeletingBrowserHistory" value name does not exist or its value data is not set to "0", this is a finding. |
| ✔️ Fix |
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| Windows group policy: 1. Open the group policy editor tool with gpedit.msc 2. Navigate to Policy Path: Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Google\Google Chrome\ Policy Name: Enable deleting browser and download history Policy State: Disabled Policy Value: N/A |