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As most of my projects revolve around NodeJS and Python, these are the languages I'll be concentrating on. As most of my projects revolve around NodeJS and Python, these are the languages I'll be concentrating on.
## Express Server ## Express Server
Express is one the most popular JS servers, and fortunately, they have a [security guide](http://expressjs.com/en/advanced/best-practice-security.html), that contains some of the best ways to secure your server. One of the best and simplest ways is to add the [helmet](https://www.npmjs.com/package/helmet) middleware, which contains a load of other middleware that drastically increase its security. It's incredibly easy to add too, at just 3 lines of change, [like this](https://github.com/RealOrangeOne/host-container/commit/90adfd04aed2f2065d803623c297dc1a8ae71632)! Express is one the most popular JS servers, and fortunately, they have a [security guide](http://expressjs.com/en/advanced/best-practice-security.html), that contains some of best ways to write secure servers. One of the best and simplest ways is to add the [helmet](https://www.npmjs.com/package/helmet) middleware, which contains various other middleware that drastically increase security. It's incredibly easy to add too, at just 3 lines of change, [like this](https://github.com/RealOrangeOne/host-container/commit/90adfd04aed2f2065d803623c297dc1a8ae71632)!
You can use [securityheaders.io](http://securityheaders.io/) to check if any headers are being sent by your server that shouldn't be. As well as see how you can improve. You can use [securityheaders.io](http://securityheaders.io/) to check if any headers are being sent by your server that shouldn't be, As well as see how you can improve.
## NodeJS Dependencies ## NodeJS Dependencies
One of the best and fastest ways to keep secure is make sure your dependencies are secure. If your code is secure, but one of your dependencies isn't, it wastes all your hard work! Fortunately there's a tool to check this, [nsp](https://www.npmjs.com/package/nsp). It checks the [Node Security Project](https://nodesecurity.io/) for known vulnerabilities in your dependencies, and reports them. One of the easiest ways to keep secure is make sure your dependencies are secure. If your code is secure, but one of your dependencies isn't, it's a waste! Fortunately there's a tool to check this, [nsp](https://www.npmjs.com/package/nsp). It checks the [Node Security Project](https://nodesecurity.io/) for known vulnerabilities in your dependencies, and reports them.
If you don't want to add `nsp` to your dependencies, they offer a [CI service for GitHub](https://nodesecurity.io/#pricing) which will run the checks for you on their own servers. If you don't want to add `nsp` to your dependencies, they offer a [CI service for GitHub](https://nodesecurity.io/#pricing) which will run the checks for you on their own servers.
### Checking for updates ### Checking for updates
Generally, keeping things up to date is a good thing, fortunately, there's a website for that! Upload you `package.json` to [npm.click](http://npm.click/), and it'll tell you what's out of date! Keeping dependencies up to date is generally a good thing, and likely to help with the above. Upload you `package.json` to [npm.click](http://npm.click/), and it'll tell you what's out of date, and what the most recent version is!
## Python Code ## Python Code
Any of the projects I work on that are more advance that a simple static server, I use Django, written in Python. Checking your python code itself is nice and simple thanks to [bandit](https://github.com/openstack/bandit). It checks your code to make sure you're writing it properly, and are catching errors. It can check the dependencies too, but it takes a very long time, and you can't change the code in there, there isn't much point. Any of the projects I work on that are more advance that a simple static server, are probably Django, written in Python. Checking the python code itself is nice and simple thanks to [bandit](https://github.com/openstack/bandit). It checks your code to make sure you're writing it properly, and are catching errors.
### Dependencies? ### Dependencies?
There is a tool, [dependancy-check](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/dependency-check/) that supposedly checks the security of python dependencies, but it didn't want to work for me, except display the help menu, which is useful. As with NodeJS, there's a tool that checks dependencies for security issues. But, unlike `nsp`, [safety](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/safety) not only checks your dependencies, but also their dependencies.
Although, you check for updates to your dependencies with [pypiup](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pypiup/). Working in much the same way as npm.click (and written by the same person), except it's a CLI instead of website. It's also possible to check for updates using [pypiup](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pypiup/). Working in much the same way as npm.click (and written by the same person), except it's a CLI rather than a website.
## Checking ## Checking
To check your hard work has made a difference, [seositecheckup](http://seositecheckup.com/) contains a helpful section on security, as well as [securityheaders.io](http://securityheaders.io/). I've enabled these tricks on my website, so you can see their results here for [securityheaders.io](https://securityheaders.io/?q=https%3A%2F%2Ftheorangeone.net&followRedirects=on) and [seositecheckup](http://seositecheckup.com/seo-audit/theorangeone.net). To check your hard work has made a difference, [seositecheckup](http://seositecheckup.com/) contains a helpful section on security, as well as the previously mentioned [securityheaders.io](http://securityheaders.io/). I've enabled these tricks on my website, and you can see their results here for [securityheaders.io](https://securityheaders.io/?q=https%3A%2F%2Ftheorangeone.net&followRedirects=on) and [seositecheckup](http://seositecheckup.com/seo-audit/theorangeone.net).