Guide to the Secure Configuration of Firefox
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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Disable Firefox Pocket
Pocket may be disabled by settingDisablePocket
totrue
in the policies file.Rule Medium Severity -
Disable Firefox Studies
Pocket may be disabled by settingDisableFirefoxStudies
totrue
in the policies file.Rule Medium Severity -
Firefox must be configured to not delete data upon shutdown.
The default certificate to present may be configured by setting multiple options underSanitizeOnShutdown
key.-
Cache
=false
Rule Medium Severity -
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Firefox must be configured so that DNS over HTTPS is disabled.
DNS over HTTPS feature may be disabled via administrative policy by settingEnabled
underDNSOverHTTPS
tofalse
.Rule Medium Severity -
Enabled Firefox Enhanced Tracking Protection
Enhanced Tracking Protection may be enabled by settingbrowser.contentblocking.category
tostrict
.Rule Medium Severity
Node 2
The content of the drawer really is up to you. It could have form fields, definition lists, text lists, labels, charts, progress bars, etc. Spacing recommendation is 24px margins. You can put tabs in here, and can also make the drawer scrollable.
Capacity
Modules