CSRF Protection vs Custom Headers
Developers should implement CSRF protection whenever building web applications that handle user authentication and sensitive actions, such as banking sites, e-commerce platforms, or social media apps, to prevent attackers from exploiting logged-in sessions meets developers should learn and use custom headers when building restful apis, microservices, or web applications that require extra contextual data beyond standard headers, such as for authentication (e. Here's our take.
CSRF Protection
Developers should implement CSRF protection whenever building web applications that handle user authentication and sensitive actions, such as banking sites, e-commerce platforms, or social media apps, to prevent attackers from exploiting logged-in sessions
CSRF Protection
Nice PickDevelopers should implement CSRF protection whenever building web applications that handle user authentication and sensitive actions, such as banking sites, e-commerce platforms, or social media apps, to prevent attackers from exploiting logged-in sessions
Pros
- +It is particularly critical for applications using cookie-based authentication, as browsers automatically include cookies in requests, making them vulnerable to CSRF attacks without proper safeguards
- +Related to: web-security, authentication
Cons
- -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case
Custom Headers
Developers should learn and use custom headers when building RESTful APIs, microservices, or web applications that require extra contextual data beyond standard headers, such as for authentication (e
Pros
- +g
- +Related to: http-protocol, rest-api
Cons
- -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case
The Verdict
Use CSRF Protection if: You want it is particularly critical for applications using cookie-based authentication, as browsers automatically include cookies in requests, making them vulnerable to csrf attacks without proper safeguards and can live with specific tradeoffs depend on your use case.
Use Custom Headers if: You prioritize g over what CSRF Protection offers.
Developers should implement CSRF protection whenever building web applications that handle user authentication and sensitive actions, such as banking sites, e-commerce platforms, or social media apps, to prevent attackers from exploiting logged-in sessions
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