Node Security helps you keep your node applications secure. With Node Security you can:
- Make use of the CLI tool to help identify known vulnerabilities in your own projects.
- Get access to Node Security news and information from the ^lift team.
- To install the Node Security command line tool:
npm install -g nsp
- Then run
nsp --help
to find out more.
The Node Security CLI supports adding exceptions. These are advisories that you have evaluated and personally deemed unimportant for your project.
In order to leverage this capability, create a .nsprc
file in the root of your project with content like the following:
{
"exceptions": ["https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/12"]
}
The URLs used in the array should match the advisory link that the CLI reports. With this in place, you will no longer receive warnings about any advisories in the exceptions array.
Be careful using this feature. If you add code later that is impacted by an excluded advisory, Node Security has no way of knowing. Keep a careful eye on your exceptions.
The Node Security CLI has proxy support by using proxy-agent.
The currently implemented protocol mappings are listed in the table below:
Protocol | Example |
---|---|
http |
http://proxy-server-over-tcp.com:3128 |
https |
https://proxy-server-over-tls.com:3129 |
socks(v5) |
socks://username:password@some-socks-proxy.com:9050 (username & password are optional) |
socks5 |
socks5://username:password@some-socks-proxy.com:9050 (username & password are optional) |
socks4 |
socks4://some-socks-proxy.com:9050 |
pac |
pac+http://www.example.com/proxy.pac |
To configure the proxy set the proxy key in your .nsprc
file. This can be put in the root of your project or in your home directory.
{
"proxy": "http://127.0.0.1:8080"
}
codeclimate-nodesecurity
is a Code Climate engine that wraps the Node Security CLI. You can run it on your command line using the Code Climate CLI, or Code Climate's hosted analysis platform.
Note that this engine only works if your code has a npm-shrinkwrap.json
file committed.
First, build this repo with docker
git clone git@github.com:nodesecurity/nsp
cd nsp
docker build -t codeclimate/codeclimate-nodesecurity .
Install the codeclimate CLI
brew tap codeclimate/formulae
brew install codeclimate
Go into your project's directory and enable codeclimate
codeclimate init
Then edit .codeclimate.yml
to add the engine like so
---
engines:
nodesecurity:
enabled: true
exclude_paths: []
And finally run it
codeclimate analyze --dev
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