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diff --git a/railties/guides/source/security.textile b/railties/guides/source/security.textile index 8837e06de5..a499ef3d39 100644 --- a/railties/guides/source/security.textile +++ b/railties/guides/source/security.textile @@ -82,9 +82,9 @@ This will also be a good idea, if you modify the structure of an object and old h4. Session Storage --- _Rails provides several storage mechanisms for the session hashes. The most important are SessionStore and CookieStore._ +-- _Rails provides several storage mechanisms for the session hashes. The most important are ActiveRecord::SessionStore and ActionDispatch::Session::CookieStore._ -There are a number of session storages, i.e. where Rails saves the session hash and session id. Most real-live applications choose SessionStore (or one of its derivatives) over file storage due to performance and maintenance reasons. SessionStore keeps the session id and hash in a database table and saves and retrieves the hash on every request. +There are a number of session storages, i.e. where Rails saves the session hash and session id. Most real-live applications choose ActiveRecord::SessionStore (or one of its derivatives) over file storage due to performance and maintenance reasons. ActiveRecord::SessionStore keeps the session id and hash in a database table and saves and retrieves the hash on every request. Rails 2 introduced a new default session storage, CookieStore. CookieStore saves the session hash directly in a cookie on the client-side. The server retrieves the session hash from the cookie and eliminates the need for a session id. That will greatly increase the speed of the application, but it is a controversial storage option and you have to think about the security implications of it: |