United States Government Configuration Baseline

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href="/web/20231005173127/https://csrc.nist.gov/Projects/United-States-Government-Configuration-Baseline/USGCB-Content/Microsoft-Content/Internet-Explorer-8" id="projPage10" style="border-left: solid 2rem transparent;">Internet Explorer 8</a> <a class="csrc-add-page" data-node-level="2" data-node-order="8" href="/web/20231005173127/https://csrc.nist.gov/Projects/United-States-Government-Configuration-Baseline/USGCB-Content/Microsoft-Content/Internet-Explorer-7" id="projPage11" style="border-left: solid 2rem transparent;">Internet Explorer 7</a> <a class="csrc-add-page" data-node-level="2" data-node-order="9" href="/web/20231005173127/https://csrc.nist.gov/Projects/United-States-Government-Configuration-Baseline/USGCB-Content/Microsoft-Content/Virtual-Hard-Disks" id="projPage12" style="border-left: solid 2rem transparent;">Virtual Hard Disks</a> <a class="csrc-add-page" data-node-level="1" data-node-order="2" href="/web/20231005173127/https://csrc.nist.gov/Projects/United-States-Government-Configuration-Baseline/USGCB-Content/RedHat-Content" id="projPage13" style="border-left: solid 1rem transparent;">RedHat Content</a> <a class="csrc-add-page" data-node-level="2" data-node-order="1" href="/web/20231005173127/https://csrc.nist.gov/Projects/United-States-Government-Configuration-Baseline/USGCB-Content/RedHat-Content/RHEL-5" id="projPage14" style="border-left: solid 2rem transparent;">RHEL 5</a> <a class="csrc-add-page" data-node-level="0" data-node-order="4" href="/web/20231005173127/https://csrc.nist.gov/Projects/United-States-Government-Configuration-Baseline/Disclaimer" id="projPage15" style="border-left: solid 0rem transparent;">Disclaimer</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="bs-callout bs-callout-success" id="contactsCallout-lg"> <h4><i class="fa fa-user"></i> Contacts</h4> <p id="projContact0"><span class="contact-display"><strong data-field="full-name"> <span data-field="firstname">USGCB</span> <span data-field="lastname">Inquiries</span> </strong><br/><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20231005173127/mailto:usgcb@nist.gov" data-field="email">usgcb@nist.gov</a><br/></span></p> </div> <div class="bs-callout bs-callout-danger" id="owningGroupCallout-lg"> <h4><i class="fa fa-sitemap"></i> Group</h4> <a href="/web/20231005173127/https://csrc.nist.gov/Groups/Computer-Security-Division/Security-Testing-Validation-and-Measurement">Security Testing, Validation and Measurement</a> </div> <div class="bs-callout bs-callout-danger" id="topicsCallout-lg"> <h4><i class="fa fa-tag"></i> Topics</h4> <p> <strong id="catName0-lg">Security and Privacy:</strong> <a id="catTopLink0-0-lg" href="/web/20231005173127/https://csrc.nist.gov/Topics/Security-and-Privacy/security-programs-and-operations/configuration-management">configuration management</a>, <a id="catTopLink0-1-lg" href="/web/20231005173127/https://csrc.nist.gov/Topics/Security-and-Privacy/security-programs-and-operations/security-automation">security automation</a>, <a id="catTopLink0-2-lg" href="/web/20231005173127/https://csrc.nist.gov/Topics/Security-and-Privacy/risk-management/vulnerability-management">vulnerability management</a> </p> </div> <div class="bs-callout bs-callout-warning" id="relatedProjectsCallout-lg"> <h4>Related Projects</h4> <a href="/web/20231005173127/https://csrc.nist.gov/Projects/national-checklist-program" id="relProjLink0">National Checklist Program</a><br/> <a href="/web/20231005173127/https://csrc.nist.gov/Projects/national-vulnerability-database" id="relProjLink1">National Vulnerability Database</a><br/> <a href="/web/20231005173127/https://csrc.nist.gov/Projects/security-content-automation-protocol-v2" id="relProjLink2">SCAP v2</a><br/> <a href="/web/20231005173127/https://csrc.nist.gov/Projects/scap-validation-program" id="relProjLink3">SCAP Validation Program</a><br/> <a href="/web/20231005173127/https://csrc.nist.gov/Projects/Security-Content-Automation-Protocol" id="relProjLink4">Security Content Automation Protocol</a><br/> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row visible-sm visible-xs visible-md"> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="bs-callout bs-callout-subnav" id="projectPagesCallout-sm"> <h4>Additional Pages</h4> <p> <a class="csrc-add-page" data-node-level="0" data-node-order="1" href="/web/20231005173127/https://csrc.nist.gov/Projects/United-States-Government-Configuration-Baseline/Official-Memoranda" id="projPage0-sm" style="border-left: solid 0rem transparent;">Official Memoranda</a> <a class="csrc-add-page" data-node-level="0" data-node-order="2" href="/web/20231005173127/https://csrc.nist.gov/Projects/United-States-Government-Configuration-Baseline/Modification-Log" id="projPage1-sm" style="border-left: solid 0rem transparent;">Modification Log</a> <a class="csrc-add-page" data-node-level="0" data-node-order="3" href="/web/20231005173127/https://csrc.nist.gov/Projects/United-States-Government-Configuration-Baseline/USGCB-Content" id="projPage2-sm" style="border-left: solid 0rem transparent;">USGCB Content</a> <a class="csrc-add-page" data-node-level="1" data-node-order="1" href="/web/20231005173127/https://csrc.nist.gov/Projects/United-States-Government-Configuration-Baseline/USGCB-Content/Microsoft-Content" id="projPage3-sm" style="border-left: solid 1rem transparent;">Microsoft Content</a> <a class="csrc-add-page" data-node-level="2" data-node-order="1" href="/web/20231005173127/https://csrc.nist.gov/Projects/United-States-Government-Configuration-Baseline/USGCB-Content/Microsoft-Content/Windows-7" id="projPage4-sm" style="border-left: solid 2rem transparent;">Windows 7</a> <a class="csrc-add-page" data-node-level="2" data-node-order="2" href="/web/20231005173127/https://csrc.nist.gov/Projects/United-States-Government-Configuration-Baseline/USGCB-Content/Microsoft-Content/Windows-7-Firewall" id="projPage5-sm" style="border-left: solid 2rem transparent;">Windows 7 Firewall</a> <a class="csrc-add-page" data-node-level="2" data-node-order="3" href="/web/20231005173127/https://csrc.nist.gov/Projects/United-States-Government-Configuration-Baseline/USGCB-Content/Microsoft-Content/Windows-Vista" id="projPage6-sm" style="border-left: solid 2rem transparent;">Windows Vista</a> <a class="csrc-add-page" data-node-level="2" data-node-order="4" href="/web/20231005173127/https://csrc.nist.gov/Projects/United-States-Government-Configuration-Baseline/USGCB-Content/Microsoft-Content/Windows-Vista-Firewall" id="projPage7-sm" style="border-left: solid 2rem transparent;">Windows Vista Firewall</a> <a class="csrc-add-page" data-node-level="2" data-node-order="5" href="/web/20231005173127/https://csrc.nist.gov/Projects/United-States-Government-Configuration-Baseline/USGCB-Content/Microsoft-Content/Windows-XP" id="projPage8-sm" style="border-left: solid 2rem transparent;">Windows XP</a> <a class="csrc-add-page" data-node-level="2" data-node-order="6" href="/web/20231005173127/https://csrc.nist.gov/Projects/United-States-Government-Configuration-Baseline/USGCB-Content/Microsoft-Content/Windows-XP-Firewall" id="projPage9-sm" style="border-left: solid 2rem transparent;">Windows XP Firewall</a> <a class="csrc-add-page" data-node-level="2" data-node-order="7" href="/web/20231005173127/https://csrc.nist.gov/Projects/United-States-Government-Configuration-Baseline/USGCB-Content/Microsoft-Content/Internet-Explorer-8" id="projPage10-sm" style="border-left: solid 2rem transparent;">Internet Explorer 8</a> <a class="csrc-add-page" data-node-level="2" data-node-order="8" href="/web/20231005173127/https://csrc.nist.gov/Projects/United-States-Government-Configuration-Baseline/USGCB-Content/Microsoft-Content/Internet-Explorer-7" id="projPage11-sm" style="border-left: solid 2rem transparent;">Internet Explorer 7</a> <a class="csrc-add-page" data-node-level="2" data-node-order="9" href="/web/20231005173127/https://csrc.nist.gov/Projects/United-States-Government-Configuration-Baseline/USGCB-Content/Microsoft-Content/Virtual-Hard-Disks" id="projPage12-sm" style="border-left: solid 2rem transparent;">Virtual Hard Disks</a> <a class="csrc-add-page" data-node-level="1" data-node-order="2" href="/web/20231005173127/https://csrc.nist.gov/Projects/United-States-Government-Configuration-Baseline/USGCB-Content/RedHat-Content" id="projPage13-sm" style="border-left: solid 1rem transparent;">RedHat Content</a> <a class="csrc-add-page" data-node-level="2" data-node-order="1" href="/web/20231005173127/https://csrc.nist.gov/Projects/United-States-Government-Configuration-Baseline/USGCB-Content/RedHat-Content/RHEL-5" id="projPage14-sm" style="border-left: solid 2rem transparent;">RHEL 5</a> <a class="csrc-add-page" data-node-level="0" data-node-order="4" href="/web/20231005173127/https://csrc.nist.gov/Projects/United-States-Government-Configuration-Baseline/Disclaimer" id="projPage15-sm" style="border-left: solid 0rem transparent;">Disclaimer</a> </p> </div> <div class="bs-callout bs-callout-subnav" id="contactsCallout-sm"> <h4><i class="fa fa-user"></i> Contacts</h4> <p style="padding-left: 15px;"> <span id="projContact0-sm"><span class="contact-display"><strong data-field="full-name"> <span data-field="firstname">USGCB</span> <span data-field="lastname">Inquiries</span> </strong><br/><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20231005173127/mailto:usgcb@nist.gov" data-field="email">usgcb@nist.gov</a><br/></span></span><br/> </p> </div> <div class="bs-callout bs-callout-danger" id="owningGroupCallout-sm"> <h4><i class="fa fa-sitemap"></i> Group</h4> <a href="/web/20231005173127/https://csrc.nist.gov/Groups/Computer-Security-Division/Security-Testing-Validation-and-Measurement">Security Testing, Validation and Measurement</a> </div> <div class="bs-callout bs-callout-danger" id="topicsCallout-sm"> <h4><i class="fa fa-tag"></i> Topics</h4> <p> <strong 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