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Microsoft Outlook 2010 STIG

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

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

    <VulnDiscussion>Outlook uses HTML as the default e-mail format, but users can choose a format other than the default when composing messages....
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO315 - Outlook Security settings

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • 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...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO316 - Minimum encryption settings

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • 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...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO317 - Signed/encrypted messages

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • 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...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • 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...
    Rule Medium Severity

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