[jira] [Commented] (TOBAGO-1395) Set Content Type Options header to nosniff

["Dennis Kieselhorst (JIRA)" <de...@myfaces.apache.org>]

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Dennis Kieselhorst commented on TOBAGO-1395:
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Attached a patch for it, header is set by default and can be deactivated using the create-content-type-options-nosniff-header flag in the tobago-config.xml.

> Set Content Type Options header to nosniff
> ------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: TOBAGO-1395
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/TOBAGO-1395
>             Project: MyFaces Tobago
>          Issue Type: New Feature
>          Components: Core
>    Affects Versions: 2.0.0-beta-3
>            Reporter: Dennis Kieselhorst
>            Priority: Minor
>             Fix For: 2.0.0-beta-4, 2.0.0, 3.0.0-alpha-1
>
>         Attachments: TOBAGO-1395.patch
>
>
> Content sniffing allows malicious users to use polyglots (a file that is valid as multiple content types). This can be used to execute XSS attacks.
> The X-Content-Type-Options should be set to nosniff by default to avoid this.



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