Rework the response headers in the server configs

1 file changed, 45 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/custom/servers/nginx.conf b/custom/servers/nginx.confindex 12d6888..f26598c 100644--- a/custom/servers/nginx.conf+++ b/custom/servers/nginx.conf@@ -101,7 +101,8 @@ http {      # The site itself, written for TLS on 443. For a quick plain-HTTP test,     # change the two listen lines to port 80, delete the redirect block above,-    # and delete the http2 and ssl lines below. Everything else stays as it is.+    # and delete the http2, ssl and Strict-Transport-Security lines below.+    # Everything else stays as it is.     server {         listen      443 ssl;         listen      [::]:443 ssl;@@ -123,18 +124,51 @@ http {         ssl_session_timeout 1d;         ssl_session_tickets off; -        # Security headers sit here, not in cgit, because they must also cover-        # the static assets nginx serves directly. cgit loads only its own-        # /cgit.js and uses inline style on the diffstat bars, so script-src-        # stays self while style-src allows inline. always applies them to-        # error responses too. If you enable the gravatar or libravatar avatar-        # filter, add its host to img-src, for example https://www.gravatar.com-        # or https://seccdn.libravatar.org.-        add_header Content-Security-Policy "default-src 'self'; script-src 'self'; style-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline'; img-src 'self' data:; object-src 'none'; base-uri 'none'; frame-ancestors 'self'" always;+        # Site-wide security headers sit here because they must also cover the+        # static assets nginx serves directly. cgit itself sends only the+        # headers the proxy cannot supply. Those are Status, Content-Type,+        # Content-Length and Content-Disposition on downloads, a no-store+        # Cache-Control on unauthenticated responses, the auth filter's+        # Set-Cookie, and on raw repository bytes a nosniff of its own next to+        # the stricter policy "default-src 'none'". Everything else, this+        # policy included, is the proxy's job.+        #+        # add_header appends and never replaces what cgit sent, so a raw page+        # carries both policies and the browser enforces the stricter one,+        # while the doubled nosniff line is harmless. Keep it that way. Any+        # construct that rewrites response headers here could strip the+        # protection cgit puts on raw repository content.+        #+        # cgit loads only its own /cgit.js and uses inline style on the+        # diffstat bars, so script-src stays self while style-src allows+        # inline. form-action self covers the login form, the only form cgit+        # renders. always applies them to error responses too. If you enable+        # the gravatar or libravatar avatar filter, add its host to img-src,+        # for example https://www.gravatar.com or https://seccdn.libravatar.org.+        add_header Content-Security-Policy "default-src 'self'; script-src 'self'; style-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline'; img-src 'self' data:; object-src 'none'; base-uri 'none'; frame-ancestors 'self'; form-action 'self'" always;         add_header X-Content-Type-Options "nosniff" always;         add_header Referrer-Policy "no-referrer" always;-        # Enable only once you serve HTTPS exclusively, since it is hard to undo.-        #add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=63072000; includeSubDomains" always;++        # The browser features a git viewer never asks for, camera and+        # location among them, are refused outright for everything served+        # here, repository files included.+        add_header Permissions-Policy "accelerometer=(), autoplay=(), camera=(), display-capture=(), geolocation=(), gyroscope=(), magnetometer=(), microphone=(), midi=(), payment=(), picture-in-picture=(), usb=()" always;++        # Cross-origin isolation. The opener policy cuts any window.opener+        # link between cgit and pages that open it, and the resource policy+        # stops other origins from embedding what cgit serves, a hotlinked+        # raw file for example. git clients are not browsers and ignore both,+        # so clone and snapshot downloads keep working. The stricter+        # Cross-Origin-Embedder-Policy is deliberately absent because it+        # would break the avatar filters mentioned above.+        add_header Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy "same-origin" always;+        add_header Cross-Origin-Resource-Policy "same-origin" always;++        # Two years of forced HTTPS. This config already redirects every+        # plain request to TLS, so browsers may as well stop asking. Delete+        # this line if you convert the vhost to plain HTTP, and know it is+        # hard to undo once browsers have seen it.+        add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=63072000; includeSubDomains" always;          # The document root is the directory that holds the static assets. cgit         # emits absolute links to /cgit.css and /cgit.png by default, so those
diff --git a/custom/servers/nginx.conf b/custom/servers/nginx.conf
index 12d6888..f26598c 100644
--- a/custom/servers/nginx.conf
+++ b/custom/servers/nginx.conf
@@ -101,7 +101,8 @@ http {
 
     # The site itself, written for TLS on 443. For a quick plain-HTTP test,
     # change the two listen lines to port 80, delete the redirect block above,
-    # and delete the http2 and ssl lines below. Everything else stays as it is.
+    # and delete the http2, ssl and Strict-Transport-Security lines below.
+    # Everything else stays as it is.
     server {
         listen      443 ssl;
         listen      [::]:443 ssl;
@@ -123,18 +124,51 @@ http {
         ssl_session_timeout 1d;
         ssl_session_tickets off;
 
-        # Security headers sit here, not in cgit, because they must also cover
-        # the static assets nginx serves directly. cgit loads only its own
-        # /cgit.js and uses inline style on the diffstat bars, so script-src
-        # stays self while style-src allows inline. always applies them to
-        # error responses too. If you enable the gravatar or libravatar avatar
-        # filter, add its host to img-src, for example https://www.gravatar.com
-        # or https://seccdn.libravatar.org.
-        add_header Content-Security-Policy "default-src 'self'; script-src 'self'; style-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline'; img-src 'self' data:; object-src 'none'; base-uri 'none'; frame-ancestors 'self'" always;
+        # Site-wide security headers sit here because they must also cover the
+        # static assets nginx serves directly. cgit itself sends only the
+        # headers the proxy cannot supply. Those are Status, Content-Type,
+        # Content-Length and Content-Disposition on downloads, a no-store
+        # Cache-Control on unauthenticated responses, the auth filter's
+        # Set-Cookie, and on raw repository bytes a nosniff of its own next to
+        # the stricter policy "default-src 'none'". Everything else, this
+        # policy included, is the proxy's job.
+        #
+        # add_header appends and never replaces what cgit sent, so a raw page
+        # carries both policies and the browser enforces the stricter one,
+        # while the doubled nosniff line is harmless. Keep it that way. Any
+        # construct that rewrites response headers here could strip the
+        # protection cgit puts on raw repository content.
+        #
+        # cgit loads only its own /cgit.js and uses inline style on the
+        # diffstat bars, so script-src stays self while style-src allows
+        # inline. form-action self covers the login form, the only form cgit
+        # renders. always applies them to error responses too. If you enable
+        # the gravatar or libravatar avatar filter, add its host to img-src,
+        # for example https://www.gravatar.com or https://seccdn.libravatar.org.
+        add_header Content-Security-Policy "default-src 'self'; script-src 'self'; style-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline'; img-src 'self' data:; object-src 'none'; base-uri 'none'; frame-ancestors 'self'; form-action 'self'" always;
         add_header X-Content-Type-Options "nosniff" always;
         add_header Referrer-Policy "no-referrer" always;
-        # Enable only once you serve HTTPS exclusively, since it is hard to undo.
-        #add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=63072000; includeSubDomains" always;
+
+        # The browser features a git viewer never asks for, camera and
+        # location among them, are refused outright for everything served
+        # here, repository files included.
+        add_header Permissions-Policy "accelerometer=(), autoplay=(), camera=(), display-capture=(), geolocation=(), gyroscope=(), magnetometer=(), microphone=(), midi=(), payment=(), picture-in-picture=(), usb=()" always;
+
+        # Cross-origin isolation. The opener policy cuts any window.opener
+        # link between cgit and pages that open it, and the resource policy
+        # stops other origins from embedding what cgit serves, a hotlinked
+        # raw file for example. git clients are not browsers and ignore both,
+        # so clone and snapshot downloads keep working. The stricter
+        # Cross-Origin-Embedder-Policy is deliberately absent because it
+        # would break the avatar filters mentioned above.
+        add_header Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy "same-origin" always;
+        add_header Cross-Origin-Resource-Policy "same-origin" always;
+
+        # Two years of forced HTTPS. This config already redirects every
+        # plain request to TLS, so browsers may as well stop asking. Delete
+        # this line if you convert the vhost to plain HTTP, and know it is
+        # hard to undo once browsers have seen it.
+        add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=63072000; includeSubDomains" always;
 
         # The document root is the directory that holds the static assets. cgit
         # emits absolute links to /cgit.css and /cgit.png by default, so those