From c79f41ac377fd35c3d8a8fc6627038e5cf3fbb06 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dan Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2017 22:33:57 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Mentioning same-origin protection. --- README.md | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index ac1d2a9..5d27879 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ their content from the IPFS network before rendering in the browser. In other words, Intergalactic serves as a translation layer between HTTP and IPFS without needing to go through a central server. +Additionally, Intergalactic treats each IPFS base hash as its own separate +[origin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-origin_policy). This helps avoid +cross-site request forgery among IPFS pages, even if they're all served on the +same domain. + ## Installation ```shell