They field-tested these settings on typical enterprise-connected desktop and laptop computers, and submitted the configuration settings to the NIST National Checklist Program (NCP) as the DoD Consensus Security Configuration Checklist for Microsoft IE Revision 1.0, the DoD Consensus Security Configuration Checklist for Microsoft Windows 7 Revision 1.0, and the DoD Consensus Security Configuration Checklist for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The Department of Defense (DoD), with NIST assistance and IT vendor consultation, developed the Windows, IE, and Red Hat USGCB configuration settings.
