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Provide first-class support for secure headers

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Description

IMO, a modern web framework should provide first-class support for OWASP Secure Headers Project and provide developers to easily configure it to so that their applications produce a high score on securityheaders.com.

Support for this does exist in Spring Security, however I believe this should really live in the core web framework as it's a useful feature regardless of whether application uses Spring Security - either because it doesn't need authentication/authorization support or uses some other solution for those concerns.

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Research direction

No files, tests, or entry points are identified in the issue. Start by reviewing the existing Spring Security support and the OWASP Secure Headers Project, then define the core framework's configuration scope and what a successful securityheaders.com result would require.

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Assessment

Tech stack
java, spring
Domain
backend, security
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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