What is CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery) and how is it typically prevented?

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What is CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery) and how is it typically prevented?

Key points

  • CSRF involves unauthorized requests sent from a user's browser.
  • Prevention methods include CSRF tokens and SameSite cookie attributes.
  • These measures help verify the legitimacy of requests.
  • Output encoding, IP allowlisting, and Subresource Integrity are not directly related to preventing CSRF attacks.

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