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Enable Encrypted Searching

An XCCDF Rule

Description

Specifies the URL of the search engine used when doing a default search. The URL should contain the string {searchTerms}. To set the URL of the search engine, set DefaultSearchProviderSearchURL to in the Chromium policy file.

Rationale

When doing internet searches, it is important to use an encrypted connection via https.

ID
xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_chromium_enable_encrypted_searching
Severity
Unknown
References
Updated



Remediation - Shell Script


var_enable_encrypted_searching='<xccdf-1.2:sub xmlns:xccdf-1.2="http://checklists.nist.gov/xccdf/1.2" idref="xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_value_var_enable_encrypted_searching" use="legacy"/>'


var_enable_encrypted_searching_modified="$(echo ${var_enable_encrypted_searching} | sed 's/\//\\\/\\/')"