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Website security headers

Check how a website protects its visitors: HTTPS, the security headers browsers act on, and how its cookies are set.

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For example https://example.com

What this checks

  • HTTPS and HSTS

    We check that the page ends up on HTTPS, that plain http:// redirects there, and that Strict-Transport-Security tells browsers to use HTTPS every time.

  • Content-Security-Policy

    Limits where scripts, styles and other resources can load from. It's the main defence against injected scripts, but allowing 'unsafe-inline' scripts removes most of that protection.

  • Framing, MIME sniffing and referrers

    frame-ancestors (or X-Frame-Options) stops other sites embedding yours to trick clicks. X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff stops browsers guessing file types. Referrer-Policy controls how much of your address is shared with other sites.

  • Cookies

    Cookies should be Secure on HTTPS sites, HttpOnly unless your scripts need them, and have a SameSite setting.

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