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Set the Default Home Page

An XCCDF Rule

Description

When a browser is started the first web page displayed is the "home page". While the home page can be selected by the user, the default home page needs to be defined to display an approved page. To set the default home page, set HomepageLocation to in the Chromium policy file.

Rationale

If no home page is defined then there is a possibility that a URL to a malicious site may be used as a home page which could effectively cause a denial of service to the browser.

ID
xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_chromium_trusted_home_page
Severity
Unknown
References
Updated



Remediation - Shell Script


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


var_trusted_home_page_modified="$(echo ${var_trusted_home_page} | sed 's/\//\\\/\\/')"