# Apache Server Configs v2.2.0 | MIT License # https://github.com/h5bp/server-configs-apache # ############################################################################## # # ERRORS # # ############################################################################## # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # | 404 error prevention for non-existing redirected folders | # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # Prevent Apache from returning a 404 error as the result of a rewrite # when the directory with the same name does not exist. # http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/content-negotiation.html#multiviews # http://www.webmasterworld.com/apache/3808792.htm Options -MultiViews # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # | Custom error messages / pages | # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # Customize what Apache returns to the client in case of an error. # http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/core.html#errordocument ErrorDocument 404 /404.html # ############################################################################## # # INTERNET EXPLORER # # ############################################################################## # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # | Better website experience | # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # Force Internet Explorer to render pages in the highest available mode # in the various cases when it may not. # http://hsivonen.iki.fi/doctype/ie-mode.pdf Header set X-UA-Compatible "IE=edge" # `mod_headers` cannot match based on the content-type, however, this # header should be send only for HTML pages and not for the other resources Header unset X-UA-Compatible # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # | UTF-8 encoding | # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # Use UTF-8 encoding for anything served as `text/html` or `text/plain`. AddDefaultCharset utf-8 # Force UTF-8 for certain file formats. AddCharset utf-8 .atom .css .js .json .jsonld .rss .vtt .webapp .xml # ############################################################################## # # SECURITY # # ############################################################################## # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # | Clickjacking | # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # Protect website against clickjacking. # The example below sends the `X-Frame-Options` response header with the value # `DENY`, informing browsers not to display the web page content in any frame. # This might not be the best setting for everyone. You should read about the # other two possible values for `X-Frame-Options`: `SAMEORIGIN` & `ALLOW-FROM`. # http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7034#section-2.1 # Keep in mind that while you could send the `X-Frame-Options` header for all # of your site’s pages, this has the potential downside that it forbids even # non-malicious framing of your content (e.g.: when users visit your site using # a Google Image Search results page). # Nonetheless, you should ensure that you send the `X-Frame-Options` header for # all pages that allow a user to make a state changing operation (e.g: pages # that contain one-click purchase links, checkout or bank-transfer confirmation # pages, pages that make permanent configuration changes, etc.). # Sending the `X-Frame-Options` header can also protect your website against # more than just clickjacking attacks: https://cure53.de/xfo-clickjacking.pdf. # http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7034 # http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ieinternals/archive/2010/03/30/combating-clickjacking-with-x-frame-options.aspx # https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Clickjacking Header set X-Frame-Options "DENY" Header unset X-Frame-Options # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # | File access | # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # Block access to directories without a default document. # You should leave the following uncommented, as you shouldn't allow anyone to # surf through every directory on your server (which may includes rather private # places such as the CMS's directories). Options -Indexes # - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - # Block access to hidden files and directories. # This includes directories used by version control systems such as Git and SVN. RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} -d [OR] RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} -f RewriteRule "(^|/)\." - [F] # - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - # Block access to files that can expose sensitive information. # By default, block access to backup and source files that may be left by some # text editors and can pose a security risk when anyone has access to them. # http://feross.org/cmsploit/ # IMPORTANT: Update the `` regular expression from below to include # any files that might end up on your production server and can expose sensitive # information about your website. These files may include: configuration files, # files that contain metadata about the project (e.g.: project dependencies), # build scripts, etc.. # Apache < 2.3 Order allow,deny Deny from all Satisfy All # Apache ≥ 2.3 Require all denied # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # | Reducing MIME type security risks | # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # Prevent some browsers from MIME-sniffing the response. # This reduces exposure to drive-by download attacks and cross-origin data # leaks, and should be left uncommented, especially if the web server is # serving user-uploaded content or content that could potentially be treated # as executable by the browser. # http://www.slideshare.net/hasegawayosuke/owasp-hasegawa # http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2008/07/02/ie8-security-part-v-comprehensive-protection.aspx # http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ie/gg622941.aspx # http://mimesniff.spec.whatwg.org/ Header set X-Content-Type-Options "nosniff" # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # | Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks | # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # (1) Try to re-enable the Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) filter built into the # most recent web browsers. # # The filter is usually enabled by default, but in some cases it may be # disabled by the user. However, in Internet Explorer for example, it can # be re-enabled just by sending the `X-XSS-Protection` header with the # value of `1`. # # (2) Prevent web browsers from rendering the web page if a potential reflected # (a.k.a non-persistent) XSS attack is detected by the filter. # # By default, if the filter is enabled and browsers detect a reflected # XSS attack, they will attempt to block the attack by making the smallest # possible modifications to the returned web page. # # Unfortunately, in some browsers (e.g.: Internet Explorer), this default # behavior may allow the XSS filter to be exploited, thereby, it's better # to tell browsers to prevent the rendering of the page altogether, instead # of attempting to modify it. # # http://hackademix.net/2009/11/21/ies-xss-filter-creates-xss-vulnerabilities # # IMPORTANT: Do not rely on the XSS filter to prevent XSS attacks! Ensure that # you are taking all possible measures to prevent XSS attacks, the most obvious # being: validating and sanitizing your site's inputs. # # http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2008/07/02/ie8-security-part-iv-the-xss-filter.aspx # http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ieinternals/archive/2011/01/31/controlling-the-internet-explorer-xss-filter-with-the-x-xss-protection-http-header.aspx # https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Cross-site_Scripting_%28XSS%29 # # # (1) (2) # Header set X-XSS-Protection "1; mode=block" # # Header unset X-XSS-Protection # # # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # | Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) | # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # Rewrite secure requests properly in order to prevent SSL certificate warnings. # E.g.: prevent `https://www.example.com` when your certificate only allows # `https://secure.example.com`. # # RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} !^443 # RewriteRule ^ https://example-domain-please-change-me.com%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L] # # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # | HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) | # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # Force client-side SSL redirection. # If a user types `example.com` in his browser, the above rule will redirect # him to the secure version of the site. That still leaves a window of # opportunity (the initial HTTP connection) for an attacker to downgrade or # redirect the request. # The following header ensures that browser will ONLY connect to your server # via HTTPS, regardless of what the users type in the address bar. # http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-websec-strict-transport-sec-14#section-6.1 # http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/security/transport-layer-security/ # IMPORTANT: Remove the `includeSubDomains` optional directive if the subdomains # are not using HTTPS. # # Header set Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=16070400; includeSubDomains" # # ############################################################################## # # WEB PERFORMANCE # # ############################################################################## # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # | Compression | # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # Force compression for mangled headers. # http://developer.yahoo.com/blogs/ydn/posts/2010/12/pushing-beyond-gzipping SetEnvIfNoCase ^(Accept-EncodXng|X-cept-Encoding|X{15}|~{15}|-{15})$ ^((gzip|deflate)\s*,?\s*)+|[X~-]{4,13}$ HAVE_Accept-Encoding RequestHeader append Accept-Encoding "gzip,deflate" env=HAVE_Accept-Encoding # Compress all output labeled with one of the following MIME-types # (for Apache versions below 2.3.7, you don't need to enable `mod_filter` # and can remove the `` and `` lines # as `AddOutputFilterByType` is still in the core directives). AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/atom+xml \ application/javascript \ application/json \ application/ld+json \ application/rss+xml \ application/vnd.ms-fontobject \ application/x-font-ttf \ application/x-web-app-manifest+json \ application/xhtml+xml \ application/xml \ font/opentype \ image/svg+xml \ image/x-icon \ text/css \ text/html \ text/plain \ text/x-component \ text/xml # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # | Content transformations | # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # Prevent mobile network providers from modifying the website's content. # http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.9.5. # # Header set Cache-Control "no-transform" # # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # | ETags | # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # Remove `ETags` as resources are sent with far-future expires headers. # http://developer.yahoo.com/performance/rules.html#etags. # `FileETag None` doesn't work in all cases. Header unset ETag FileETag None # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # | Expires headers | # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # The following expires headers are set pretty far in the future. If you # don't control versioning with filename-based cache busting, consider # lowering the cache time for resources such as style sheets and JavaScript # files to something like one week. ExpiresActive on ExpiresDefault "access plus 1 month" # CSS ExpiresByType text/css "access plus 1 year" # Data interchange ExpiresByType application/json "access plus 0 seconds" ExpiresByType application/ld+json "access plus 0 seconds" ExpiresByType application/xml "access plus 0 seconds" ExpiresByType text/xml "access plus 0 seconds" # Favicon (cannot be renamed!) and cursor images ExpiresByType image/x-icon "access plus 1 week" # HTML components (HTCs) ExpiresByType text/x-component "access plus 1 month" # HTML ExpiresByType text/html "access plus 0 seconds" # JavaScript ExpiresByType application/javascript "access plus 1 year" # Manifest files ExpiresByType application/x-web-app-manifest+json "access plus 0 seconds" ExpiresByType text/cache-manifest "access plus 0 seconds" # Media ExpiresByType audio/ogg "access plus 1 month" ExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 1 month" ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 1 month" ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 1 month" ExpiresByType video/mp4 "access plus 1 month" ExpiresByType video/ogg "access plus 1 month" ExpiresByType video/webm "access plus 1 month" # Web feeds ExpiresByType application/atom+xml "access plus 1 hour" ExpiresByType application/rss+xml "access plus 1 hour" # Web fonts ExpiresByType application/font-woff "access plus 1 month" ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-fontobject "access plus 1 month" ExpiresByType application/x-font-ttf "access plus 1 month" ExpiresByType font/opentype "access plus 1 month" ExpiresByType image/svg+xml "access plus 1 month" # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # | Filename-based cache busting | # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # If you're not using a build process to manage your filename version revving, # you might want to consider enabling the following directives to route all # requests such as `/css/style.12345.css` to `/css/style.css`. # To understand why this is important and a better idea than `*.css?v231`, read: # http://stevesouders.com/blog/2008/08/23/revving-filenames-dont-use-querystring # # RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f # RewriteRule ^(.+)\.(\d+)\.(js|css|png|jpe?g|gif)$ $1.$3 [L] # # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # | File concatenation | # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # Allow concatenation from within specific style sheets and JavaScript files. # e.g.: # # If you have the following content in a file # # # # # Apache will replace it with the content from the specified files. # # # Options +Includes # AddOutputFilterByType INCLUDES application/javascript application/json # SetOutputFilter INCLUDES # # # Options +Includes # AddOutputFilterByType INCLUDES text/css # SetOutputFilter INCLUDES # #