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If you're launching a new application and have security in mind, this is a good starting point
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/mostafahussein/awesome-security-checklist
- Owner: mostafahussein
- License: mit
- Created: 2016-03-27T20:27:41.000Z (over 8 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2016-03-30T14:17:23.000Z (over 8 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-05-22T23:34:45.440Z (7 months ago)
- Homepage: https://github.com/mostafahussein/awesome-security-checklist
- Size: 10.7 KB
- Stars: 103
- Watchers: 9
- Forks: 16
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
Awesome Security Checklist [](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome)
===============
Sharing, suggestions and contributions are always welcome! Please take a look at the [contribution guidelines and quality standard](https://github.com/mostafahussein/awesome-security-checklist/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) first.
Thanks to all [contributors](https://github.com/mostafahussein/awesome-security-checklist/graphs/contributors), you're awesome and this wouldn't be possible without you!
## Table of Contents
- [Web Applications](#web-applications)
* Basic Security Checklist
* Wordpress Security Checklist
* NodeJS Security Checklist
* Ruby on Rails Security Checklist
## Web Applications
* Basic Security Checklist - Mirror for [securitychecklist.org](https://securitychecklist.org). A set of clear TODO's for hosting secure sites, featuring TLS, strong ciphers, security headers, fail2ban, SSH configs, etc..
* [x] Is the website only served over https?
```bash
Test:
$ curl -s -I http://example.org | grep '^HTTP'
HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently
$ curl -s -I https://example.org | grep '^HTTP'
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
```
* [x] Is the HSTS http-header set?
```bash
Test:
$ curl -s -I https://example.org | grep '^Strict'
Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=63072000; includeSubdomains;
```
* [x] Is the server certificate at least 4096 bits?
```bash
Test:
$ openssl s_client -showcerts -connect example.org:443 |& grep '^Server public key'
Server public key is 4096 bit
```
* [x] Is TLS1.2 the only supported protocol?
```bash
Test:
$ curl --sslv3 https://example.org
curl: (35) Server aborted the SSL handshake
$ curl --tlsv1.0 -I https://example.org
curl: (35) Server aborted the SSL handshake
$ curl --tlsv1.1 -I https://example.org
curl: (35) Server aborted the SSL handshake
$ curl --tlsv1.2 -s -I https://example.org | grep 'HTTP'
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
```
* [x] Do all supported symmetric ciphers use at least 256 bit keys?
```bash
Test:
$ nmap --script ssl-enum-ciphers -p 443 example.org
PORT STATE SERVICE
443/tcp open https
| ssl-enum-ciphers:
| TLSv1.2:
| ciphers:
| TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA - strong
| TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256 - strong
| TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 - strong
| TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA - strong
| TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384 - strong
| TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 - strong
| compressors:
| NULL
|_ least strength: strong
```
* [x] Is the Diffie-Hellman prime at least 4096 bits?
```bash
Test:
$ openssl s_client -connect example.com:443 -cipher "EDH" |& grep "^Server Temp Key"
Server Temp Key: DH, 4096 bits
```
* [x] Have you ensured that your content cannot be embedded in a frame on another website?
```bash
Test:
$ curl -s -I https://example.org | grep '^X-Frame-Options'
X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN
$ curl -s -I https://example_2.org | grep '^X-Frame-Options'
X-Frame-Options: DENY # Also acceptable
```
* [x] Have you ensured that the Internet Explorer content sniffer is disabled?
```bash
Test:
$ curl -s -I https://example.org | grep '^X-Content'
X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
```
* [x] Do all assets delivered via a content delivery network include subresource integrity hashes?
```html
Example:
```
* [x] Are password entropy checks done during user sign-up, using, say [AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS](https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.9/topics/auth/passwords/#enabling-password-validation)?
* [x] Are you storing only the hash of your users password, and not the cleartext password, using (say) [PBKDF](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PBKDF2)?
* [x] Are failed login attempts throttled and IP addresses banned after a number of unsuccessful attempts, using (say) [django-axes](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/django-axes)?
* [x] Are you using [fail2ban](http://www.fail2ban.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page) to throttle ssh login attempts?
```bash
Test:
$ sudo fail2ban-client status sshd
```
* [x] Have you disabled password-based login over ssh, and only allowed key-based login?
```bash
Test:
$ cat /etc/ssh/sshd_config | grep '^Password'
PasswordAuthentication no
```
* [x] Do session cookies have the 'Secure' and 'HttpOnly' flag set?
```bash
Test:
$ curl -s -I example.com/url_that_sets_cookie | grep '^Set-Cookie'
Set-Cookie: ****;Path=/;Expires=Fri, 16-Mar-2018 19:18:51 GMT;Secure;HttpOnly;Priority=HIGH
```
* [x] Do forms set a cross-site request forgery cookie?
```bash
Test:
$ curl -s -I https://example.com/url_with_form | grep '^Set-Cookie'
Set-Cookie: csrftoken=*****************; expires=Thu, 16-Mar-2017 01:26:03 GMT;Secure;HttpOnly; Max-Age=31449600; Path=/
```
* [x] Are all user uploads validated for expected content type?
* [x] Are the permissions of all uploaded files readonly?
* [x] Are all form fields (with the exception of password fields) validated with a restrictive regex?
* [x] Are there unit tests (say, using [Selenium](http://www.seleniumhq.org/)) which show that one authenticated user cannot access another user's content?
* [x] Have you made sure that database passwords, server signing keys, and hash salts are not checked into source control?
* [x] Do you have an account recovery flow? Delete it immediately.
* [Wordpress Security Checklist](https://github.com/RafaelFunchal/wordpress-security-checklist/blob/master/items.md) - A simple checklist to improve the security of your WordPress installation.
* [NodeJS Security Checklist](https://blog.risingstack.com/node-js-security-checklist/) - A blog post about NodeJS Security by [Gergely Nemeth](https://github.com/gergelyke).
* [Ruby on Rails Security Checklist](https://blog.codeship.com/preproduction-checklist-for-a-rails-app/) - Preproduction security checklist for a rails app by [Heiko Webers](https://twitter.com/bauland42)