example: add X-Trust human presence attestation middleware - #98602
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Added README.md for X-Trust middleware in Next.js.
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Middleware defaults the HMAC secret to an empty string when HTL_SECRET is unset, allowing anyone to forge a valid x-trust token and be annotated with an arbitrary trust score.
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Adds an example showing X-Trust middleware integration for Next.js API routes.
X-Trust proves human presence via a signed HTTP header (HMAC-SHA256).
Complements Web Bot Auth — the IETF charter explicitly scopes human
verification as out-of-scope. X-Trust fills that gap.
OSS: https://github.com/htl-syterme/htl-core
JSR: https://jsr.io/@htl-syterme/htl-core