Plugins approved for use must be enabled

From Google Chrome v23 Windows STIG

Part of DTBC0035 - Enable approved plugins

Associated with IA controls: ECSC-1

Associated with: CCI-001588

SV-47076r1_rule Plugins approved for use must be enabled

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"Specifies a list of plugins that are enabled in Google Chrome and prevents users from changing this setting. The wildcard characters '*' and '?' can be used to match sequences of arbitrary characters. '*' matches an arbitrary number of characters while '?' specifies an optional single character, i.e. matches zero or one characters. The escape character is '\', so to match actual '*', '?', or '\' characters, you can put a '\' in front of them. The specified list of plugins is always used in Google Chrome if they are installed. The plugins are marked as enabled in 'about:plugins' and users cannot disable them. Note that this policy overrides both DisabledPlugins and DisabledPluginsExceptions. If this policy is left not set the user can disable any plugin installed on the system." - Google Chrome Administrators Policy List

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Valid for Chrome Browser version 11 or later. Windows registry: Key Path: HKLM\Software\Policies\Google\Chrome\EnabledPlugins Value Name: 1 Value Type: String (REG_SZ) Value Data: Java* Key Path: HKLM\Software\Policies\Google\Chrome\EnabledPlugins Value Name: 2 Value Type: String (REG_SZ) Value Data: Shockwave Flash Key Path: HKLM\Software\Policies\Google\Chrome\EnabledPlugins Value Name: 3 Value Type: String (REG_SZ) Value Data: Chrome PDF Viewer Windows group policy: Policy Path: Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Google\Google Chrome\ Policy Name: Specify a list of enabled plugins Policy State: Enabled Policy Value 1: Java* Policy Value 2: Shockwave Flash Policy Value 3: Chrome PDF Viewer

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