# Content-Security-Policy (CSP) header — Multiple content security policies

> The CSP mechanism allows multiple policies being specified for a resource, including via the Content-Security-Policy header, the {{HTTPHeader("Content-Security-Policy-Report-Only")}} header and a {{HTMLElement("meta")}} element.

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The CSP mechanism allows multiple policies being specified for a resource, including via the Content-Security-Policy header, the {{HTTPHeader("Content-Security-Policy-Report-Only")}} header and a {{HTMLElement("meta")}} element.

You can use the Content-Security-Policy header more than once, as in the example below. Pay special attention to the {{CSP("connect-src")}} directive here. Even though the second policy would allow the connection, the first policy contains connect-src 'none'. Adding additional policies _can only further restrict_ the capabilities of the protected resource, which means that there will be no connection allowed and, as the strictest policy, connect-src 'none' is enforced.

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