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Developer Guide: Key Website Security Checks in 20 Minutes

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A site's basic security can be audited by checking its HTTP response headers and DNS records without accessing the codebase. Using tools like curl and dig, developers can verify crucial protections like HTTPS redirects and HSTS headers. The process also includes scanning for a Content Security Policy, which helps mitigate XSS attacks, and other security headers like X-Content-Type-Options. This quick external audit confirms whether standard, often-missing security measures are properly configured.

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