A nonce, short for “number used once”, is a random number used to sign a message in client-server communication. The HTML “nonce” attribute is used as part of Content Security Policy feature in browsers.
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What’s the purpose of the HTML "nonce" attribute for script and style elements?
W3C says there is a new attribute in HTML5.1 called nonce for style and script that can be used by the Content Security Policy of a website.
I googled about it but finally didn't get it what actually this attribute does and what changes when using…
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How to create and use nonces
I am running a website, and there is a scoring system that gives you points for the number of times you play a game.
It uses hashing to prove the integrity of http request for scoring so users cannot change anything, however as I feared might…
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What's the point of a timestamp in OAuth if a Nonce can only be used one time?
I had at first misinterpreted the timestamp implementation of OAuth into thinking that it meant a timestamp that was not within 30 seconds past the current time would be denied, it turned out this was wrong for a few reasons including the fact that…
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How to generate a nonce in node.js?
I need to generate a nonce (number generated only once) to remove the CSP rule 'unsafe-inline' and all the trusted URLs for scripts, improving the CSP score. Thus I need to have in the HTML