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ENHANCEMENT: Implement Helmet Middleware for Improved Security #366

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samyak-aditya opened this issue Oct 26, 2024 · 3 comments · Fixed by #404
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ENHANCEMENT: Implement Helmet Middleware for Improved Security #366

samyak-aditya opened this issue Oct 26, 2024 · 3 comments · Fixed by #404
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enhancement New feature or request gssoc-ext For GSSOC Extended Contribution. hacktoberfest-accepted

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Is there an existing issue raised for this?

  • I have searched the existing issues

Describe the improvement

Overview : To improve the security of our Express application, we should implement the Helmet middleware. Helmet helps set various HTTP headers that protect against common vulnerabilities.

Benefits:

  • Adds security headers to HTTP responses, helping to mitigate risks such as:
  • Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
  • Clickjacking
  • Content-Type sniffing

Hey @AlfiyaSiddique Please Assign me this Task

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  • Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
  • Clickjacking
  • Content-Type sniffing

It should be implemented because

  • Provides a foundational layer of security for our application.

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  • I'm a GSSOC'24 Ext contributor
@samyak-aditya samyak-aditya added the enhancement New feature or request label Oct 26, 2024
@github-actions github-actions bot added gssoc-ext For GSSOC Extended Contribution. hacktoberfest-accepted labels Oct 26, 2024
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please assign me this issue

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@samyak-aditya go ahaed

@samyak-aditya samyak-aditya mentioned this issue Oct 30, 2024
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Hey @AlfiyaSiddique I have raised the PR

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