Question 1

HTTP 헤더란 무엇이고 왜 중요한가요?

Accepted Answer

HTTP 헤더는 모든 HTTP 요청과 응답과 함께 전송되는 키-값 쌍입니다. 인증 자격 증명, 콘텐츠 유형, 캐싱 지침, CORS 정책, 쿠키 등 통신에 관한 메타데이터를 전달합니다. 헤더를 통해 서버와 클라이언트는 URL이나 본문에 모든 것을 인코딩하지 않고도 데이터 교환 방식을 협상할 수 있습니다.

Question 2

요청 헤더와 응답 헤더의 차이는?

Accepted Answer

요청 헤더는 클라이언트(브라우저/앱)가 서버에 전송합니다 — 예: Accept, Authorization, Content-Type, Cookie. 응답 헤더는 서버가 클라이언트에 반환합니다 — 예: Set-Cookie, Cache-Control, Content-Encoding, Location. 일부 헤더(예: Content-Type)는 양방향 모두에서 유효합니다.

Question 3

Content-Type 헤더는 무엇에 사용되나요?

Accepted Answer

Content-Type은 요청 또는 응답 본문의 미디어 타입을 선언합니다. 예: JSON 데이터의 `application/json`, HTML 페이지의 `text/html`, 파일 업로드의 `multipart/form-data`. 서버는 이를 사용해 본문을 올바르게 파싱하고, 브라우저는 콘텐츠를 적절히 렌더링합니다. Content-Type 불일치는 API 오류의 흔한 원인입니다.

Question 4

CORS 헤더란 무엇이고 왜 중요한가요?

Accepted Answer

CORS(Cross-Origin Resource Sharing) 헤더는 웹 페이지가 다른 도메인에 요청을 보낼 수 있는지 제어합니다. 주요 헤더: `Access-Control-Allow-Origin`(접근 가능한 출처), `Access-Control-Allow-Methods`(허용 HTTP 메서드), `Access-Control-Allow-Headers`(허용 커스텀 헤더). 적절한 CORS 헤더 없이는 브라우저가 보안상의 이유로 교차 출처 요청을 차단합니다.

Question 5

Authorization 헤더는 무엇이고 어떻게 구성되나요?

Accepted Answer

Authorization 헤더는 HTTP 인증을 위한 자격 증명을 전달합니다. 일반 스키마: 기본 인증의 `Basic base64(user:password)`, OAuth 2.0/JWT 토큰의 `Bearer `, 다이제스트 인증의 `Digest`. 형식은 항상 `Authorization: `입니다. 이 헤더는 일반적으로 인증이 필요한 모든 API 요청에 설정됩니다.

헤더	유형	카테고리	설명
Accept	Request	Content Negotiation	Media types acceptable for the response (e.g. text/html, application/json).
Accept-Charset	Request	Content Negotiation	Character sets acceptable for the response.
Accept-Encoding	Request	Content Negotiation	Encoding algorithms the client supports (e.g. gzip, deflate, br).
Accept-Language	Request	Content Negotiation	Natural languages preferred for the response (e.g. en-US, fr).
Authorization	Request	Authentication	Credentials for authenticating the client with the server (e.g. Bearer token).
Cookie	Request	State	HTTP cookies previously set by the server, sent back with each request.
Expect	Request	Request Control	Indicates that particular server behaviors are required by the client (e.g. 100-continue).
Host	Request	Request Target	Domain name and port number of the server being addressed. Required in HTTP/1.1.
If-Match	Request	Conditional	Makes the request conditional based on matching ETag values.
If-Modified-Since	Request	Conditional	Makes the request conditional based on modification date.
If-None-Match	Request	Conditional	Makes the request conditional based on non-matching ETag values.
If-Unmodified-Since	Request	Conditional	Makes the request conditional on the resource not being modified since the given date.
Origin	Request	CORS	Indicates the origin from which the cross-site request is initiated.
Proxy-Authorization	Request	Authentication	Credentials for authenticating with a proxy server.
Range	Request	Partial Requests	Requests only part of a resource (e.g. bytes=0-1023 for the first 1 KB).
Referer	Request	Request Context	URL of the page from which the request originated.
TE	Request	Transfer Encoding	Specifies transfer encodings the client is willing to accept.
User-Agent	Request	Request Context	Contains information about the client software making the request.
X-Forwarded-For	Request	Proxies	Identifies the originating IP address when the request passes through proxies.
X-Requested-With	Request	Custom	Commonly used to identify Ajax requests (value: XMLHttpRequest).
Accept-Ranges	Response	Partial Requests	Indicates if the server supports range requests (bytes or none).
Age	Response	Caching	Time in seconds the object has been stored in a proxy cache.
Allow	Response	Request Methods	HTTP methods allowed for the requested resource (used in 405 responses).
Content-Disposition	Response	Response Body	Indicates whether content should be displayed inline or as a file download.
Content-Encoding	Response	Response Body	Encoding applied to the response body (e.g. gzip, br).
Content-Language	Response	Content Negotiation	Natural language(s) of the response body.
Content-Length	Response	Response Body	Size of the response body in bytes.
Content-Range	Response	Partial Requests	Indicates the range of bytes sent in a partial content response (206).
ETag	Response	Caching	Unique identifier for the specific version of a resource; used for cache validation.
Expires	Response	Caching	Date/time after which the response is considered stale.
Last-Modified	Response	Caching	Date and time the resource was last modified on the server.
Location	Response	Redirects	URL to redirect the client to in 3xx or 201 responses.
Proxy-Authenticate	Response	Authentication	Defines the authentication method to use for a proxy (407 response).
Retry-After	Response	Request Control	How long to wait before making a new request after a 429 or 503 response.
Server	Response	Server Info	Software information about the origin server.
Set-Cookie	Response	State	Sends a cookie from the server to the client for storage.
Strict-Transport-Security	Response	Security	HSTS: forces browsers to use HTTPS for subsequent requests.
Vary	Response	Caching	Tells caches which request headers to use as cache keys.
WWW-Authenticate	Response	Authentication	Defines the authentication method for accessing the resource (401 response).
X-Content-Type-Options	Response	Security	Prevents MIME sniffing. Use value: nosniff.
X-Frame-Options	Response	Security	Controls whether the page can be embedded in an iframe (DENY, SAMEORIGIN).
X-XSS-Protection	Response	Security	Enables XSS filtering in older browsers (legacy, mostly deprecated).
Cache-Control	Both	Caching	Directives for caching in requests and responses (e.g. no-cache, max-age=3600).
Connection	Both	Connection Management	Controls whether the network connection stays open (keep-alive or close).
Content-Type	Both	Response Body	Media type of the request or response body (e.g. application/json).
Date	Both	Timestamps	Date and time the message was sent.
Pragma	Both	Caching	Legacy cache control directive (no-cache). Superseded by Cache-Control.
Trailer	Both	Transfer Encoding	Indicates which headers will be present in the trailer of a chunked response.
Transfer-Encoding	Both	Transfer Encoding	Encoding applied to the message body for transfer (e.g. chunked).
Via	Both	Proxies	Added by proxies to indicate intermediate protocols and recipients.
Warning	Both	Request Control	General warnings about possible problems with the message (deprecated in RFC 9110).
Access-Control-Allow-Origin	Response	CORS	Specifies which origins are allowed for CORS requests.
Access-Control-Allow-Methods	Response	CORS	HTTP methods allowed for CORS preflight responses.
Access-Control-Allow-Headers	Response	CORS	HTTP headers allowed in CORS preflight responses.
Access-Control-Allow-Credentials	Response	CORS	Indicates if the response can be shared when credentials are included.
Access-Control-Max-Age	Response	CORS	How long the preflight response can be cached (in seconds).
Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy	Response	Security	Controls the browsing context group for cross-origin documents.
Cross-Origin-Resource-Policy	Response	Security	Prevents cross-origin reads of the response in certain contexts.
Content-Security-Policy	Response	Security	Specifies allowed sources for content types to prevent XSS and injection attacks.
Referrer-Policy	Response	Security	Controls how much referrer information is sent with requests.
Permissions-Policy	Response	Security	Controls browser features and APIs that are allowed to be used (formerly Feature-Policy).

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