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Using SSL in Rails Applications
If your web application manages any private information, you should be using SSL (https://) for pages where that information is entered or displayed. Fortunately, implementing SSL isn't too hard, once you know what you need to do. continue...
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Ruby on Rails Security Guide
A great list of issues to pay attention to, and techniques to use, to improve the security of your Rails application.
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Screencasts (6)
- Railscasts - Cross Site Scripting
- Railscasts - Filtering Sensitive Logs
- Railscasts - Filtering Sensitive Logs
Are you accepting sensitive user data? Passwords, credit card numbers, etc. By default, Rails stores all submitted parameters in plain text in the logs. This episode will show you how to filter this sensitive input so it doesn’t show up in the log file.
- Railscasts - Hackers Love Mass Assignment
- Railscasts - SQL Injection
- restful_authentication
Groups (2)
- Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP)
- Ruby on Rails: Security
Announcement-only list for issues relating to Rails security.
Top Blogs
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Ruby on Rails Security Blog
Exploring the Security of Rails and associated technologies.
- Moves On Rails : Rails Security
