Network prediction must be disabled.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>Enables network prediction and prevents users from changing this setting. This controls DNS prefetching, TCP and SSL pre-connection, and pre-rendering of web pages. If this policy is not configured, network prediction is enabled but the user can change it. Policy options mapping: - NetworkPredictionAlways (0) = Predict network actions on any network connection. - NetworkPredictionWifiOnly (1) = Not supported; if this value is used it will be treated as if "Predict network actions on any network connection" (0) was set. - NetworkPredictionNever (2) = Do not predict network actions on any network connection.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-235728r879587_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Set the policy value for "Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Enable network prediction" to "Enabled" with the option value set to "Don't predict network actions on any network connection".