DTBC-0025 - Network prediction must be disabled.

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Information

Enables network prediction in Google Chrome and prevents users from changing this setting. If you enable or disable this setting, users cannot change or override this setting in Google Chrome. If this policy is left not set, this will be disabled but the user will be able to change it.

Solution

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 network prediction
Policy State: Enabled
Policy Value: Do not predict network actions on any network connection

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_Google_Chrome_V2R6_STIG.zip

Item Details

References: CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-221574r615937_rule, STIG-ID|DTBC-0025, STIG-Legacy|SV-57603, STIG-Legacy|V-44769, Vuln-ID|V-221574

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: 158fe7868a7a14ea81548b5c42c622a0e0602afe9dce90a9fdc25711e7d0f081