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security Also: CSP

Content Security Policy

Browser rules that restrict where a page may load and run content.
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security Also: CSRF

Cross-site request forgery

An attack that tricks a signed-in browser into sending an unwanted request.
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security Also: XSS

Cross-site scripting

An injection flaw that makes untrusted script run in another user’s browser.
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security Also: hash

Cryptographic hash

A one-way function that produces a fixed-size fingerprint of data.
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Content Security Policy

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