Infosec glossary entry

HSTS

HSTS;
HTTP Strict Transport Security

[…] is a policy mechanism that helps to protect websites against man-in-the-middle attacks such as protocol downgrade attacks and cookie hijacking. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_Strict_Transport_Security)

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By jean-christoph

January 20, 2025

cryptography, Network+
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