Web sites in less privileged Web content zones can navigate into Internet Zone is not disabled.

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Part of DTBI515 - Less privileged web content - Internet

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SV-25577r1_rule Web sites in less privileged Web content zones can navigate into Internet Zone is not disabled.

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This policy setting allows you to manage whether Web sites from less privileged zones, such as Restricted Sites, can navigate into this zone.If you enable this policy setting, Web sites from less privileged zones can open new windows in, or navigate into, this zone. The security zone will run without the added layer of security that is provided by the Protection from Zone Elevation security feature. If you select Prompt in the drop-down box, a warning is issued to the user that potentially risky navigation is about to occur. If you disable this policy setting, the possibly harmful navigations are prevented. The Internet Explorer security feature will be on in this zone as set by Protection from Zone Elevation feature control. If you do not configure this policy setting, Web sites from less privileged zones can open new windows in, or navigate into, this zone.

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The policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Internet Explorer -> Internet Control Panel -> Security Page -> Internet Zone -> "Web sites in less privileged Web content zones can navigate into this zone" will be set to “Enabled” and "Disable" selected from down drop box. Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\3 Criteria:Set the value 2101 to REG_DWORD = 3.

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