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Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-APP-000516

    Group
  • The Internet Explorer warning about certificate address mismatch must be enforced.

    This parameter warns users if the certificate being presented by the website is invalid. Since server certificates are used to validate the identity of the web server it is critical to warn the use...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • The Initialize and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe property must be disallowed (Internet zone).

    ActiveX controls that are not marked safe for scripting should not be executed. Although this is not a complete security measure for a control to be marked safe for scripting, if a control is not m...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Accessing data sources across domains must be disallowed (Internet zone).

    The ability to access data zones across domains could cause the user to unknowingly access content hosted on an unauthorized server. Access to data sources across multiple domains must be controlle...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Launching programs and files in IFRAME must be disallowed (Internet zone).

    This policy setting allows you to manage whether applications may be run and files may be downloaded from an IFRAME reference in the HTML of the pages in this zone. Launching of programs in IFRAME ...
    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.

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