0.3.0 • Published 6 years ago
fastify-fast-helmet v0.3.0
fastify-fast-helmet
Important security headers for Fastify
Why?
You may know fastify-helmet as a helmet plugin for fastify. So why i made this plugin?
This plugin uses a set of helmet plugins for fastify instead of the helmet middlewares. You may find the reason in benchmark result and wish you like it. :)
Plugins
fastify-fast-helmet is a collection of 12 smaller middleware functions that set HTTP headers.
| Module | Option | Description | Default? |
|---|---|---|---|
| fastify-csp | contentSecurityPolicy | for setting Content Security Policy | |
| fastify-expect-ct | expectCt | for handling Certificate Transparency | |
| fastify-dns-prefetch-control | dnsPrefetchControl | controls browser DNS prefetching | ✓ |
| fastify-frame-guard | frameguard | to prevent clickjacking | ✓ |
| fastify-hide-powered-by | hidePoweredBy | to remove the X-Powered-By header | ✓ |
| fastify-hpkp | hpkp | for HTTP Public Key Pinning | |
| fastify-hsts | hsts | for HTTP Strict Transport Security | ✓ |
| fastify-ie-no-open | ieNoOpen | sets X-Download-Options for IE8+ | ✓ |
| fastify-no-cache | noCache | to disable client-side caching | |
| fastify-no-sniff | noSniff | to keep clients from sniffing the MIME type | ✓ |
| fastify-referrer-policy | referrerPolicy | to hide the Referer header | |
| fastify-xss-filter | xssFilter | adds some small XSS protections | ✓ |
Difference
The sub plugins use test cases from helmet middleware and their actions are almost same as helmet middlewares but a little difference in fastify-csp.
Install
Via npm:
npm i fastify-fast-helmetVia yarn:
yarn add fastify-fast-helmetUsage
const fastify = require('fastify');
const fastifyHelmet = require('fastify-fast-helmet');
const app = fastify();
app.register(fastifyHelmet, {
// Your options
});
app.listen(3000, err => {
if (err) throw err;
});Changelog
- 0.3.0:
- Init version