akka / akka/akka-http

Add HTTP security headers

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Description

**Issue by [pawelprazak](https://github.com/pawelprazak)**
_Monday Apr 18, 2016 at 14:58 GMT_
_Originally opened as https://github.com/akka/akka/issues/20357_

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[OWASP](https://www.owasp.org/index.php/List_of_useful_HTTP_headers) lists the most common security related headers:
- X-Frame-Options
- X-Content-Type-Options
- X-XSS-Protection
- Content-Security-Policy
- Public-Key-Pins
- Strict-Transport-Security

Do you plan to add them, or is it out of scope?

If I would to make a pull request, is this the right place to start:
- `akka.http.scaladsl.model.headers`
- `akka.http.javadsl.model.headers`
- `akka.http.impl.model.parser`

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Research direction

Start by reading akka.http.scaladsl.model.headers and akka.http.javadsl.model.headers, then inspect akka.http.impl.model.parser to understand how the listed HTTP headers are represented and parsed. Done means the requested OWASP security headers have a defined, usable path through the relevant HTTP model APIs and parser, with the scope of supported headers resolved.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
scala
Domain
networking, security
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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