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diff --git a/guides/source/security.md b/guides/source/security.md index eeb005b661..ab5a5a7a31 100644 --- a/guides/source/security.md +++ b/guides/source/security.md @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ **DO NOT READ THIS FILE ON GITHUB, GUIDES ARE PUBLISHED ON http://guides.rubyonrails.org.** -Ruby on Rails Security Guide -============================ +Securing Rails Applications +=========================== This manual describes common security problems in web applications and how to avoid them with Rails. @@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ The common admin interface works like this: it's located at www.example.com/admi * Does the admin really have to access the interface from everywhere in the world? Think about _limiting the login to a bunch of source IP addresses_. Examine request.remote_ip to find out about the user's IP address. This is not bullet-proof, but a great barrier. Remember that there might be a proxy in use, though. -* _Put the admin interface to a special sub-domain_ such as admin.application.com and make it a separate application with its own user management. This makes stealing an admin cookie from the usual domain, www.application.com, impossible. This is because of the same origin policy in your browser: An injected (XSS) script on www.application.com may not read the cookie for admin.application.com and vice-versa. +* _Put the admin interface to a special subdomain_ such as admin.application.com and make it a separate application with its own user management. This makes stealing an admin cookie from the usual domain, www.application.com, impossible. This is because of the same origin policy in your browser: An injected (XSS) script on www.application.com may not read the cookie for admin.application.com and vice-versa. User Management --------------- |