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Quick explanations for common headers, CORS settings, caching rules, and security/privacy signals.
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Cache-Control
Controls browser and intermediary caching behavior for responses.
Matches: cache-control
Clear-Site-Data
Instructs the browser to clear site data like cookies, storage, and cache (useful for logout or account changes).
Matches: clear-site-data
COEP (Cross-Origin-Embedder-Policy)
Controls which cross-origin resources can be loaded by requiring CORP/CORS compliance (often used for cross-origin isolation).
Matches: cross-origin-embedder-policy
Content Security Policy (CSP)
CSP reduces XSS risk by controlling which sources can load scripts, styles, images, and more.
Matches: content-security-policy, content-security-policy-report-only…
COOP (Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy)
Controls whether your top-level page shares a browsing context group with cross-origin documents (security/isolation).
Matches: cross-origin-opener-policy
CORP (Cross-Origin-Resource-Policy)
Allows a resource to declare whether it can be requested from other origins (helps COEP / prevents leaks).
Matches: cross-origin-resource-policy
CORS (Access-Control-Allow-*)
CORS controls which origins can read responses from your server when browsers make cross-origin requests.
Matches: access-control-allow-origin, access-control-allow-methods…
ETag
Enables conditional requests to reduce bandwidth by reusing cached content when unchanged.
Matches: etag, if-none-match
Expires
Legacy caching header that sets an absolute expiration date/time for content.
Matches: expires
HSTS (Strict-Transport-Security)
HSTS forces browsers to use HTTPS for your domain, preventing downgrade attacks and reducing SSL-stripping risk.
Matches: strict-transport-security
Permissions-Policy
Restricts access to powerful browser features (camera, mic, geolocation, etc.) across your site.
Matches: permissions-policy, feature-policy
Referrer-Policy
Controls how much referrer information is sent when navigating away from your site.
Matches: referrer-policy
Reporting headers (Report-To / NEL)
Reporting headers help browsers send structured reports for network errors and policy violations (useful for diagnostics and security monitoring).
Matches: report-to, nel…
Server / X-Powered-By disclosure
Server and X-Powered-By headers can reveal stack details; reducing exposure can be beneficial.
Matches: server, x-powered-by
X-Content-Type-Options
Prevents MIME-sniffing by forcing the browser to respect the declared Content-Type.
Matches: x-content-type-options
X-DNS-Prefetch-Control
Controls whether the browser may prefetch DNS for links on the page (performance/privacy tradeoff).
Matches: x-dns-prefetch-control
X-Frame-Options
Helps protect against clickjacking by controlling whether your site can be embedded in an iframe.
Matches: x-frame-options
X-XSS-Protection (legacy)
Legacy header for old browser XSS filters. Modern browsers ignore it; CSP is the modern defense.
Matches: x-xss-protection