Skip to content

Guide to the Secure Configuration of Firefox

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Disable auto-download for proscribed MIME types.

    Firefox must be configured to not automatically execute or download MIME types that are not authorized for auto-download.
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Supported Version of Firefox Installed

    If the system is joined to the Red Hat Network, a Red Hat Satellite Server, or a yum server, run the following command to install updates: <pre>$ s...
    Rule High Severity
  • The DoD Root Certificate Is Required

    The Shared System Certificates store contains certificates that applications can access for a single certificate repository. If enabled, Firefox ca...
    Group
  • The DoD Root Certificate Exists

    The DoD root certificate should be installed in the Shared System Certificates store for Firefox to be able to access the DoD certificate. To insta...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Enable Shared System Certificates

    The Shared System Certificates store makes NSS, GnuTLS, OpenSSL, and Java share a default source for retrieving system certificate anchors and blac...
    Rule Medium Severity

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