documentation_complete: true

title: 'Enable Encrypted Searching'

description: |-
    Specifies the URL of the search engine used when doing a default search.
    The URL should contain the string <tt>{searchTerms}</tt>. To set the URL of the
    search engine, set <tt>DefaultSearchProviderSearchURL</tt> to
    <tt><sub idref="var_enable_encrypted_searching" /></tt> in the Chromium policy file.

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

severity: unknown

identifiers:
    cce: ""

references:
    disa: ""
    nist: ""
    stigid: DTBC0008

ocil_clause: 'it is not set'

ocil: |-
    To verify that the URL of the search engine is set, run the following command:
    <pre>$ grep DefaultSearchProviderSearchURL /etc/chromium/policies/managed/*.json</pre>
    The output should contain:
    <pre>"DefaultSearchProviderSearchURL": "<sub idref="var_enable_encrypted_searching" />",</pre>
