documentation_complete: true

title: 'Disable Network Prediction'

description: |-
    To disable the network prediction feature, set <tt>DnsPrefetchingEnabled</tt>
    to <tt>false</tt> in the Chromium policy file.

rationale: |-
    This controls not only DNS prefetching but also TCP and SSL preconnection
    and prerendering of web pages.

severity: unknown

identifiers:
    cce: ""

references:
    disa: ""
    nist: ""
    stigid: DTBC0025

ocil_clause: 'it is not disabled'

ocil: |-
    To verify that network prediction is disabled, run the following command:
    <pre>$ grep DnsPrefetchingEnabled /etc/chromium/policies/managed/*.json</pre>
    The output should contain:
    <pre>"DnsPrefetchingEnabled": false,</pre>
