httpheaders.go

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// Package httplib implements common utility functions for writing
// classic HTTP handlers
package httplib

import (
	"net/http"
	"strings"
)

// SetNoCacheHeaders tells proxies and browsers do not cache the content
func SetNoCacheHeaders(h http.Header) {
	h.Set("Cache-Control", "no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate")
	h.Set("Pragma", "no-cache")
	h.Set("Expires", "0")
}

// SetStaticFileHeaders sets security header flags for static non-html resources
func SetStaticFileHeaders(h http.Header) {
	SetSameOriginIFrame(h)
	SetNoSniff(h)
}

// SetIndexHTMLHeaders sets security header flags for main index.html page
func SetIndexHTMLHeaders(h http.Header) {
	SetNoCacheHeaders(h)
	SetSameOriginIFrame(h)
	SetNoSniff(h)

	// X-Frame-Options indicates that the page can only be displayed in iframe on the same origin as the page itself
	h.Set("X-Frame-Options", "SAMEORIGIN")

	// X-XSS-Protection is a feature of Internet Explorer, Chrome and Safari that stops pages
	// from loading when they detect reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
	h.Set("X-XSS-Protection", "1; mode=block")

	// Once a supported browser receives this header that browser will prevent any communications from
	// being sent over HTTP to the specified domain and will instead send all communications over HTTPS.
	// It also prevents HTTPS click through prompts on browsers
	h.Set("Strict-Transport-Security", "max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains")

	// Prevent web browsers from using content sniffing to discover a file’s MIME type
	h.Set("X-Content-Type-Options", "nosniff")

	// Set content policy flags
	var cspValue = strings.Join([]string{
		"script-src 'self'",
		// 'unsafe-inline' needed for reactjs inline styles
		"style-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline'",
		"object-src 'none'",
		"img-src 'self' data: blob:",
	}, ";")

	h.Set("Content-Security-Policy", cspValue)
}

// SetSameOriginIFrame sets X-Frame-Options flag
func SetSameOriginIFrame(h http.Header) {
	// X-Frame-Options indicates that the page can only be displayed in iframe on the same origin as the page itself
	h.Set("X-Frame-Options", "SAMEORIGIN")
}

// SetNoSniff sets X-Content-Type-Options flag
func SetNoSniff(h http.Header) {
	// Prevent web browsers from using content sniffing to discover a file’s MIME type
	h.Set("X-Content-Type-Options", "nosniff")
}

// SetWebConfigHeaders sets headers for webConfig.js
func SetWebConfigHeaders(h http.Header) {
	SetStaticFileHeaders(h)
	h.Set("Content-Type", "application/javascript")
}