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Microsoft Outlook 2010 STIG

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  • File Downloads must be configured for proper restrictions.

    <VulnDiscussion>Disabling this setting allows websites to present file download prompts via code without the user specifically initiating the...
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  • DTOO124 - Scripted Window Security

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  • Scripted Window Security must be enforced.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Malicious websites often try to confuse or trick users into giving a site permission to perform an action allowing the site t...
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  • DTOO128 - Data Execution Prevention

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  • Data Execution Prevention must be enforced.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Data Execution Prevention (DEP) is a set of hardware and software technologies performing additional checks on memory to help...
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  • DTOO313 - Automatically download enclosures

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  • Automatically downloading enclosures on RSS must be disallowed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting allows you to control whether Outlook automatically downloads enclosures on RSS items. &lt;/VulnDiscussio...
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  • DTOO344 - Outlook Rich Text options

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  • Outlook Rich Text options must be set for converting to plain text format.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Outlook automatically converts RTF formatted messages that are sent over the Internet to HTML format, so that the message for...
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  • DTOO314 - Set message format

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  • Default message format must be set to use Plain Text.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Outlook uses HTML as the default e-mail format, but users can choose a format other than the default when composing messages....
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  • DTOO315 - Outlook Security settings

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  • Outlook must be configured not to prompt users to choose security settings if default settings fail.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Prompts the user to choose security settings if default settings fail; uncheck to automatically select. &lt;/VulnDiscussion&g...
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  • DTOO316 - Minimum encryption settings

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  • Outlook minimum encryption key length settings must be set.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This setting allows you to set the minimum key length for an encrypted e-mail message.&lt;/VulnDiscussion&gt;&lt;FalsePositiv...
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  • DTOO317 - Signed/encrypted messages

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  • Replies or forwards to signed/encrypted messages must be signed/encrypted.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This setting controls whether replies and forwards to signed/encrypted mail should also be signed/encrypted. &lt;/VulnDiscu...
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  • Text in Outlook that represents Internet and network paths must not be automatically turned into hyperlinks.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The ability of Outlook to automatically turn text that represents Internet and network paths into hyperlinks would allow user...
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siemur/test-space

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.

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