###Security Headers Tool

This repository contains a set of Python scripts designed to check the presence and configuration of security HTTP headers in web server responses.

Table of Contents Installation Scripts Overview

1. check_headers.py
2. check_specific_header.py
3. check_specific_headerr.py
4. enhanced_security_header_checker.py
5. security_headers_checker.py
6. spider.py

Scripts

check_headers.py: Analyzes HTTP response headers for security settings. check_specific_header.py: Checks for specific security headers in HTTP responses. check_specific_headerr.py: Checks for specific security headers in HTTP responses using URLs from a file. enhanced_security_header_checker.py: Performs enhanced security header checks on a given URL. security_headers_checker.py: Checks for predefined security headers in the response headers of a specified URL. spider.py: Web crawler to collect URLs for testing

Supported Security Headers and Significance

The tool checks for the following security headers and explains their significance:

• Content-Security-Policy (CSP): Specifies approved sources for content, protecting against XSS and data injection attacks.
• X-XSS-Protection: Enables or disables the browser's XSS protection.
• Strict-Transport-Security (HSTS): Ensures that browsers only access a website over HTTPS, preventing protocol downgrade attacks.
• X-Frame-Options: Prevents clickjacking attacks by controlling if and how a page can be loaded within a frame or iframe.
• X-Content-Type-Options: Prevents browsers from MIME-sniffing a response away from the declared content type.
• Referrer-Policy: Controls how much referrer information is included with requests.

Each security header contributes to enhancing the security posture of a web application by mitigating specific types of attacks.

Usage

To use the scripts, ensure you have Python installed. Install any required dependencies with:

Prerequisites

• Python 3.x installed on your system.

Installation

1. Clone the Repository:

   git clone https://github.com/Cipherkrish69x/security-headers-tool.git
   cd security-headers-tool

2. Install Requirements:

   Ensure you have Python 3 installed. Install the required Python packages using pip:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

• • pip install requests
  • pip install requests argparse

Scripts Overview

1. check_headers.py

-- python check_headers.py --urls-file urls.txt --headers-file headers.txt --output-file output.json This script checks the presence of specified HTTP headers in the response headers of a single URL.

Benefits of JSON Output: Data Persistence: JSON output allows for persistent storage and retrieval of results. Portability: JSON files can be easily shared and transported between different systems. Flexibility: JSON output can be processed and analyzed using a wide range of tools and libraries.

Use the --help Option: Incorporate a built-in help menu (--help option) using argparse

• python check_headers.py --help

Usage:

python3 check_headers.py --urls-file urls.txt --headers-file headers.txt --output-file results.json

• --urls-file: Path to a text file containing URLs to check.
• --headers-file: Path to a text file containing HTTP headers to verify.
• --output-file: (Optional) Path to save the JSON results.

2. check_specific_header.py

Checks the presence of a specific HTTP header in the response headers of multiple URLs.

Usage:

python3 check_specific_header.py

• You will be prompted to enter the header name and URLs separated by spaces.

3. check_specific_headerr.py

Similar to check_specific_header.py, but reads URLs from a file (urls.txt).

Usage:

python3 check_specific_headerr.py

• Reads URLs from the urls.txt file and prompts for the header name.

4. enhanced_security_header_checker.py

-- python enhanced_security_header_checker.py https://example.com --output-file result.txt

Performs enhanced security header checks on a single URL.

Usage:

python3 enhanced_security_header_checker.py <url> --output-file output.txt

• Replace <url> with the URL you want to check.
• Use --output-file to specify a file to save the results.

5. security_headers_checker.py

Checks for the presence and configuration of a set of predefined security headers in a given URL.

Usage:

python3 security_headers_checker.py

• You will be prompted to enter the URL you want to test.

Author

• Alla Krishna Vamsi Reddy (GitHub Profile)
• GitHub: Cipherkrish69x

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

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