Headers Glossary

Browse 5 headers terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.

5 Headers Terms

Cache Control

The policies and directives that determine whether and how a response may be cached, revalidated, or shared by browsers, CDNs, or proxies. In HTTP, cache...

Content Security Policy

An HTTP response header that restricts which resources (scripts, styles, images, fonts) a browser is allowed to load for a page. A powerful defense against XSS...

CSP

Content Security Policy — an HTTP header that tells the browser which sources of content (scripts, styles, images, fonts) are allowed to load on a page. CSP is...

HSTS

HTTP Strict Transport Security — a response header that tells browsers to only access the site over HTTPS for a specified duration. Prevents protocol downgrade...

HTTP Strict Transport Security

HTTP Strict Transport Security is a response header policy that tells browsers to use HTTPS for a site and reject downgrade attempts. Security teams use it to...

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