NWebsec Tag Helpers

NWebsec includes tag helpers to help generate set referrer policy or generate CSP nonces. Import the tag helpers in the _ViewImports.cshtml, alongside those from Microsoft:

@addTagHelper *, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers
@addTagHelper *, NWebsec.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers

All NWebsec Tag Helpers are prefixed nws-, and will show up in Intellisense for supported elements.

Referrer policy

Referrer policy can be set through a <meta> tag. The NWebsec tag helper helps select a valid value and emits the correct policy as the attribute value. The following markup:

<meta name="referrer" nws-referrerpolicy="NoReferrer"/>

would result in the following meta tag, signaling to the browser that the referrer header should not be sent:

<meta name="referrer" content="no-referrer" />

CSP nonces

Then you can easily include a CSP nonce on script or style tags in your views:

<script nws-csp-add-nonce="true">
    alert('Nonce added');
</script>

<style nws-csp-add-nonce="true"></style>

NWebsec will generate nonces, add them to the CSP header, and include them in the markup:

<script nonce="buoc1h8zWh0qITh/RHq1">
    alert('Nonce added');
</script>
<style nonce="Gn&#x2B;BKIciW17bcffZtx5o"></style>

The nonce values will of course change between requests.