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III - Administrative Public

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • DTOO226 - Dial-up Options

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  • Dial-up and Hang up Options for Outlook must be configured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;By default, users can connect to their e-mail servers using dial-up networking if their accounts are configured appropriately...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO225 - Warn before Switching Dial-up

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  • Outlook Dial-up options to Warn user before allowing switch in dial-up access must be configured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Users can connect to their e-mail servers using dial-up networking if their accounts are configured appropriately. Dial-up co...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO237-Disable "remember password" on eMail Accts

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  • The "remember password" for internet e-mail accounts must be disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;As a security precaution, password caching for eMail Internet protocols such as POP3 or IMAP may lead to password discovery a...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO243 - Level 1 Attachment prompt

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  • Level 1 attachment close behaviors must be configured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To protect users from viruses and other harmful files, Outlook uses two levels of security, designated Level 1 and Level 2, t...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO242 - Level 1 Attachment Prompt on sending.

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  • Prompting behavior for Level 1 attachments on sending must be configured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To protect users from viruses and other harmful files, Outlook uses two levels of security, designated Level 1 and Level 2, t...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO283 - Dwnld articles as HTML attachments

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  • Disabling download full text of articles as HTML must be configured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Many RSS feeds use messages that contain a brief summary of a larger message or an article with a link to the full content. U...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO277 - Links in Email Messages

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  • Hyperlinks in suspected phishing e-mail messages must be disallowed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Outlook's Junk E-mail Filter evaluates each incoming message for possible spam or phishing content. Suspicious message detect...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO279 - Enable RPC Encryption

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  • RPC encryption between Outlook and Exchange server must be enforced.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The remote procedure call (RPC) communication channel between an Outlook client computer and an Exchange server is not encryp...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO221 - Junk Mail UI

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  • Junk Mail UI must be configured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The Junk E-mail Filter in Outlook is designed to intercept the most obvious junk e-mail, or spam, and send it to users' Junk ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO274 - Internet with Safe Zones

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  • Internet with Safe Zones for Picture Download must be disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Malicious e-mail senders can send HTML e-mail messages with embedded Web beacons, which are pictures and other content from e...
    Rule Medium Severity

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