Security Middleware Stack
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You add helmet.New(), cors.New(), and csrf.New() to your Fiber app. Three lines of code, three middleware, done. Your app is secure.
Except it is not. The default Helmet config does not set HSTS. The default CORS config allows every origin. The default CSRF config uses insecure cookies. And the order you register them in? That matters more than you think.
Most Fiber applications in production run with at least one of these misconfigured. Here is how to set them up so they actually protect your users.
