diff --git a/SafeExamBrowser.Browser/Handlers/ResourceHandler.cs b/SafeExamBrowser.Browser/Handlers/ResourceHandler.cs
index 368608b1..b483477d 100644
--- a/SafeExamBrowser.Browser/Handlers/ResourceHandler.cs
+++ b/SafeExamBrowser.Browser/Handlers/ResourceHandler.cs
@@ -26,13 +26,14 @@ namespace SafeExamBrowser.Browser.Handlers
 {
 	internal class ResourceHandler : CefSharp.Handler.ResourceRequestHandler
 	{
-		private AppConfig appConfig;
 		private SHA256Managed algorithm;
-		private BrowserSettings settings;
-		private ILogger logger;
-		private IRequestFilter filter;
+		private AppConfig appConfig;
+		private string browserExamKey;
 		private IResourceHandler contentHandler;
+		private IRequestFilter filter;
+		private ILogger logger;
 		private IResourceHandler pageHandler;
+		private BrowserSettings settings;
 		private IText text;
 
 		internal ResourceHandler(AppConfig appConfig, BrowserSettings settings, IRequestFilter filter, ILogger logger, IText text)
@@ -62,16 +63,7 @@ namespace SafeExamBrowser.Browser.Handlers
 				return CefReturnValue.Cancel;
 			}
 
-			// TODO: CEF does not yet support intercepting requests from service workers, thus the user agent must be statically set at browser
-			//       startup for now. Once CEF has full support of service workers, the static user agent should be removed and the method below
-			//       reactivated. See https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef/issues/2622 for the current status of development.
-			// AppendCustomUserAgent(request);
-
-			if (settings.SendCustomHeaders)
-			{
-				AppendCustomHeaders(request);
-			}
-
+			AppendCustomHeaders(request);
 			ReplaceSebScheme(request);
 
 			return base.OnBeforeResourceLoad(webBrowser, browser, frame, request, callback);
@@ -93,28 +85,32 @@ namespace SafeExamBrowser.Browser.Handlers
 			return abort;
 		}
 
-		private void AppendCustomUserAgent(IRequest request)
-		{
-			var headers = new NameValueCollection(request.Headers);
-			var userAgent = request.Headers["User-Agent"];
-
-			headers["User-Agent"] = $"{userAgent} SEB/{appConfig.ProgramInformationalVersion}";
-			request.Headers = headers;
-		}
-
 		private void AppendCustomHeaders(IRequest request)
 		{
 			var headers = new NameValueCollection(request.Headers);
 			var urlWithoutFragment = request.Url.Split('#')[0];
-			var configurationBytes = algorithm.ComputeHash(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(urlWithoutFragment + settings.HashValue));
-			var configurationKey = BitConverter.ToString(configurationBytes).ToLower().Replace("-", string.Empty);
-			var browserExamBytes = algorithm.ComputeHash(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(appConfig.CodeSignatureHash + appConfig.ProgramBuildVersion + configurationKey));
-			var browserExamKey = BitConverter.ToString(browserExamBytes).ToLower().Replace("-", string.Empty);
-			var requestHashBytes = algorithm.ComputeHash(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(urlWithoutFragment + browserExamKey));
-			var requestHashKey = BitConverter.ToString(requestHashBytes).ToLower().Replace("-", string.Empty);
+			var userAgent = request.Headers["User-Agent"];
 
-			headers["X-SafeExamBrowser-ConfigKeyHash"] = configurationKey;
-			headers["X-SafeExamBrowser-RequestHash"] = requestHashKey;
+			// TODO: CEF does not yet support intercepting requests from service workers, thus the user agent must be statically set at browser
+			//       startup for now. Once CEF has full support of service workers, the static user agent should be removed and the method below
+			//       reactivated. See https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef/issues/2622 for the current status of development.
+			// headers["User-Agent"] = $"{userAgent} SEB/{appConfig.ProgramInformationalVersion}";
+
+			if (settings.SendConfigurationKey)
+			{
+				var hash = algorithm.ComputeHash(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(urlWithoutFragment + settings.ConfigurationKey));
+				var key = BitConverter.ToString(hash).ToLower().Replace("-", string.Empty);
+
+				headers["X-SafeExamBrowser-ConfigKeyHash"] = key;
+			}
+
+			if (settings.SendExamKey)
+			{
+				var hash = algorithm.ComputeHash(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(urlWithoutFragment + (browserExamKey ?? ComputeBrowserExamKey())));
+				var key = BitConverter.ToString(hash).ToLower().Replace("-", string.Empty);
+
+				headers["X-SafeExamBrowser-RequestHash"] = key;
+			}
 
 			request.Headers = headers;
 		}
@@ -137,6 +133,16 @@ namespace SafeExamBrowser.Browser.Handlers
 			return block;
 		}
 
+		private string ComputeBrowserExamKey()
+		{
+			var hash = algorithm.ComputeHash(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(settings.ExamKeySalt + appConfig.CodeSignatureHash + appConfig.ProgramBuildVersion + settings.ConfigurationKey));
+			var key = BitConverter.ToString(hash).ToLower().Replace("-", string.Empty);
+
+			browserExamKey = key;
+
+			return browserExamKey;
+		}
+
 		private bool IsMailtoUrl(string url)
 		{
 			return url.StartsWith(Uri.UriSchemeMailto);
diff --git a/SafeExamBrowser.Configuration.UnitTests/ConfigurationData/DataProcessorTests.cs b/SafeExamBrowser.Configuration.UnitTests/ConfigurationData/DataProcessorTests.cs
index e06ca6ae..3a996fff 100644
--- a/SafeExamBrowser.Configuration.UnitTests/ConfigurationData/DataProcessorTests.cs
+++ b/SafeExamBrowser.Configuration.UnitTests/ConfigurationData/DataProcessorTests.cs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ namespace SafeExamBrowser.Configuration.UnitTests.ConfigurationData
 		}
 
 		[TestMethod]
-		public void MustCalculateCorrectHashValue()
+		public void MustCalculateCorrectConfigurationKey()
 		{
 			var formatter = new BinaryFormatter();
 			var path1 = $"{nameof(SafeExamBrowser)}.{nameof(Configuration)}.{nameof(UnitTests)}.{nameof(ConfigurationData)}.TestDictionary1.bin";
@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ namespace SafeExamBrowser.Configuration.UnitTests.ConfigurationData
 			sut.Process(data2, settings2);
 			sut.Process(data3, settings3);
 
-			Assert.AreEqual("6063c3351ed1ac878c05072598d5079e30ca763c957d8e04bd45131c08f88d1a", settings1.Browser.HashValue);
-			Assert.AreEqual("4fc002d2ae4faf994a14bede54d95ac58a1a2cb9b59bc5b4277ff29559b46e3d", settings2.Browser.HashValue);
-			Assert.AreEqual("ab426e25b795c917f1fb40f7ef8e5757ef97d7c7ad6792e655c4421d47329d7a", settings3.Browser.HashValue);
+			Assert.AreEqual("6063c3351ed1ac878c05072598d5079e30ca763c957d8e04bd45131c08f88d1a", settings1.Browser.ConfigurationKey);
+			Assert.AreEqual("4fc002d2ae4faf994a14bede54d95ac58a1a2cb9b59bc5b4277ff29559b46e3d", settings2.Browser.ConfigurationKey);
+			Assert.AreEqual("ab426e25b795c917f1fb40f7ef8e5757ef97d7c7ad6792e655c4421d47329d7a", settings3.Browser.ConfigurationKey);
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/SafeExamBrowser.Configuration/ConfigurationData/DataMapping/BrowserDataMapper.cs b/SafeExamBrowser.Configuration/ConfigurationData/DataMapping/BrowserDataMapper.cs
index 175104d1..24b3fc79 100644
--- a/SafeExamBrowser.Configuration/ConfigurationData/DataMapping/BrowserDataMapper.cs
+++ b/SafeExamBrowser.Configuration/ConfigurationData/DataMapping/BrowserDataMapper.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
  */
 
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using SafeExamBrowser.Settings;
 using SafeExamBrowser.Settings.Browser;
@@ -69,6 +70,9 @@ namespace SafeExamBrowser.Configuration.ConfigurationData.DataMapping
 				case Keys.Browser.EnableBrowser:
 					MapEnableBrowser(settings, value);
 					break;
+				case Keys.Browser.ExamKeySalt:
+					MapExamKeySalt(settings, value);
+					break;
 				case Keys.Browser.Filter.FilterRules:
 					MapFilterRules(settings, value);
 					break;
@@ -251,6 +255,14 @@ namespace SafeExamBrowser.Configuration.ConfigurationData.DataMapping
 			}
 		}
 
+		private void MapExamKeySalt(AppSettings settings, object value)
+		{
+			if (value is byte[] salt)
+			{
+				settings.Browser.ExamKeySalt = BitConverter.ToString(salt).ToLower().Replace("-", string.Empty);
+			}
+		}
+
 		private void MapMainWindowMode(AppSettings settings, object value)
 		{
 			const int FULLSCREEN = 1;
@@ -338,7 +350,8 @@ namespace SafeExamBrowser.Configuration.ConfigurationData.DataMapping
 		{
 			if (value is bool send)
 			{
-				settings.Browser.SendCustomHeaders = send;
+				settings.Browser.SendConfigurationKey = send;
+				settings.Browser.SendExamKey = send;
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/SafeExamBrowser.Configuration/ConfigurationData/DataProcessor.cs b/SafeExamBrowser.Configuration/ConfigurationData/DataProcessor.cs
index 1a4c0a6d..db0af698 100644
--- a/SafeExamBrowser.Configuration/ConfigurationData/DataProcessor.cs
+++ b/SafeExamBrowser.Configuration/ConfigurationData/DataProcessor.cs
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ namespace SafeExamBrowser.Configuration.ConfigurationData
 				writer.Flush();
 				stream.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
 
-				var hashBytes = algorithm.ComputeHash(stream);
-				var hashValue = BitConverter.ToString(hashBytes).ToLower().Replace("-", string.Empty);
+				var hash = algorithm.ComputeHash(stream);
+				var key = BitConverter.ToString(hash).ToLower().Replace("-", string.Empty);
 
-				settings.Browser.HashValue = hashValue;
+				settings.Browser.ConfigurationKey = key;
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/SafeExamBrowser.Configuration/ConfigurationData/Keys.cs b/SafeExamBrowser.Configuration/ConfigurationData/Keys.cs
index ddd99bc2..2607beeb 100644
--- a/SafeExamBrowser.Configuration/ConfigurationData/Keys.cs
+++ b/SafeExamBrowser.Configuration/ConfigurationData/Keys.cs
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ namespace SafeExamBrowser.Configuration.ConfigurationData
 			internal const string DownloadDirectory = "downloadDirectoryWin";
 			internal const string DownloadPdfFiles = "downloadPDFFiles";
 			internal const string EnableBrowser = "enableSebBrowser";
+			internal const string ExamKeySalt = "examKeySalt";
 			internal const string PopupPolicy = "newBrowserWindowByLinkPolicy";
 			internal const string PopupBlockForeignHost = "newBrowserWindowByLinkBlockForeign";
 			internal const string QuitUrl = "quitURL";
diff --git a/SafeExamBrowser.Settings/Browser/BrowserSettings.cs b/SafeExamBrowser.Settings/Browser/BrowserSettings.cs
index ca435303..440d083c 100644
--- a/SafeExamBrowser.Settings/Browser/BrowserSettings.cs
+++ b/SafeExamBrowser.Settings/Browser/BrowserSettings.cs
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ namespace SafeExamBrowser.Settings.Browser
 		/// </summary>
 		public bool AllowUploads { get; set; }
 
+		/// <summary>
+		/// The configuration key used for integrity checks with server applications (see also <see cref="SendConfigurationKey"/>).
+		/// </summary>
+		public string ConfigurationKey { get; set; }
+
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Determines whether the user needs to confirm the termination of SEB by <see cref="QuitUrl"/>.
 		/// </summary>
@@ -76,16 +81,16 @@ namespace SafeExamBrowser.Settings.Browser
 		/// </summary>
 		public bool EnableBrowser { get; set; }
 
+		/// <summary>
+		/// The salt value for the calculation of the exam key which is used for integrity checks with server applications (see also <see cref="SendExamKey"/>).
+		/// </summary>
+		public string ExamKeySalt { get; set; }
+
 		/// <summary>
 		/// The settings to be used for the browser request filter.
 		/// </summary>
 		public FilterSettings Filter { get; set; }
 
-		/// <summary>
-		/// The hash value of the raw settings data, used for integrity checks with server applications (see also <see cref="SendCustomHeaders"/>).
-		/// </summary>
-		public string HashValue { get; set; }
-
 		/// <summary>
 		/// The settings to be used for the main browser window.
 		/// </summary>
@@ -107,9 +112,14 @@ namespace SafeExamBrowser.Settings.Browser
 		public string QuitUrl { get; set; }
 
 		/// <summary>
-		/// Determines whether custom request headers (e.g. for integrity checks) are sent with every HTTP request.
+		/// Determines whether the configuration key header is sent with every HTTP request (see also <see cref="ConfigurationKey"/>).
 		/// </summary>
-		public bool SendCustomHeaders { get; set; }
+		public bool SendConfigurationKey { get; set; }
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Determines whether the exam key header is sent with every HTTP request (see also <see cref="ExamKeySalt"/>).
+		/// </summary>
+		public bool SendExamKey { get; set; }
 
 		/// <summary>
 		/// The URL with which the main browser window will be loaded.