John,

While the description field can be quite long, for readability purposes, the 
best way to handle long description fields is to take advantage of 
"INFO" tags:

e.g.

    info: "CCE-1543  - Excel 2007"
    info: "Test of 
HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Excel\Security\FileOpenBlock\HtmlandXmlssFiles"
    info: "Policy DWORD value should be 1"

This allows you to add multiple lines of descriptive text if needed.

I hope this helps!

Paul


[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Is there a length limit to the description field?
> 
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> "When the legend becomes fact, print the legend." 
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> 
>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Thanks Paul, the settings are defined under hkcu so I'm stuck quering that 
>> path.  
>>
>> --
>> "When the legend becomes fact, print the legend." 
>>
>>
>>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
>> From: Paul Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> John,
>>>
>>> The syntax looks fine at a glance, however, it usually makes sense to query 
>> from 
>>> HKLM and not HKCU whenever possible because of the transient 
>>> nature of HKCU.
>>>
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>>> Hello Everyone, does anyone see anything wrong with the below or anything 
>> that 
>>> I should add. 
>>>> I just want the test to check the regkey and pass it the value_data 
>>>> matches 
>> or 
>>> fail it it doesn't.
>>>> <custom_item>
>>>> type: REGISTRY_SETTING
>>>> description: "CCE-1543  - Excel 2007 - Enable Block opening of Html and 
>> Xmlss 
>>> files types"
>>>> value_type: POLICY_DWORD
>>>> value_data: "1"
>>>> reg_key: 
>>> "HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Excel\Security\FileOpenBlock\"
>>>> reg_item: "HtmlandXmlssFiles"
>>>> </item>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks --John
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>>>
>>> Paul Davis
>>> Research Engineer
>>> Tenable Network Security Inc
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Paul Davis
Research Engineer
Tenable Network Security Inc
Phone: 410.872.0555 x245
www.tenablesecurity.com

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