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RFC 7034: HTTP Header Field X-Frame-Options

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To improve the protection of web applications against clickjacking, this document describes the X-Frame-Options HTTP header field, which declares a policy, communicated from the server to the client browser, regarding whether the browser may display the transmitted content in frames that are part of other web pages.

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Document ID
RFC7034
Published
October 2013
Authors
D. Ross; T. Gondrom
Status
INFORMATIONAL
Stream
IETF
Area
app
Pages
14
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