# Helmet

Helmet helps you secure your Express apps by setting various HTTP headers

```bash
npm install helmet
```

By default does following:

| Module                                                                                                      | Notes                                                                                         | Why                                                                               |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [frameguard](https://helmetjs.github.io/docs/frameguard/)                                                   | tells browsers to prevent your webpage from being put in an iframe                            | to prevent clickjacking                                                           |
| [hsts](https://helmetjs.github.io/docs/hsts/) for HTTP Strict Transport Security                            | won’t tell users on HTTP to *switch* to HTTPS, it will just tell HTTPS users to stick around  | HTTP sucks                                                                        |
| [ieNoOpen](https://helmetjs.github.io/docs/ienoopen) sets X-Download-Options for IE8+                       | ✓                                                                                             |                                                                                   |
| [noSniff](https://helmetjs.github.io/docs/dont-sniff-mimetype) to keep clients from sniffing the MIME type  | they will trust what the server says and block the resource if it’s wrong instead of guessing | if client recieves html(user uploaded data) even with wrong mime, it could run it |
| [xssFilter](https://helmetjs.github.io/docs/xss-filter) adds some small XSS protections                     | ✓                                                                                             |                                                                                   |
| [dnsPrefetchControl](https://helmetjs.github.io/docs/dns-prefetch-control) controls browser DNS prefetching | ✓                                                                                             |                                                                                   |


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