From 4701a50b586a440d118dce29c9a48bfb306ade5c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Derek Prior Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2018 12:04:52 -0400 Subject: Deprecate controller level force_ssl Today there are two common ways for Rails developers to force their applications to communicate over HTTPS: * `config.force_ssl` is a setting in environment configurations that enables the `ActionDispatch::SSL` middleware. With this middleware enabled, all HTTP communication to your application will be redirected to HTTPS. The middleware also takes care of other best practices by setting HSTS headers, upgrading all cookies to secure only, etc. * The `force_ssl` controller method redirects HTTP requests to certain controllers to HTTPS. As a consultant, I've seen many applications with misconfigured HTTPS setups due to developers adding `force_ssl` to `ApplicationController` and not enabling `config.force_ssl`. With this configuration, many application requests can be served over HTTP such as assets, requests that hit mounted engines, etc. In addition, because cookies are not upgraded to secure only in this configuration and HSTS headers are not set, it's possible for cookies that are meant to be secure to be sent over HTTP. The confusion between these two methods of forcing HTTPS is compounded by the fact that they share an identical name. This makes finding documentation on the "right" method confusing. HTTPS throughout is quickly becomming table stakes for all web sites. Sites are expected to operate over HTTPS for all communication, sensitive or otherwise. Let's encourage use of the broader-reaching `ActionDispatch::SSL` middleware and elminate this source of user confusion. If, for some reason, applications need to expose certain endpoints over HTTP they can do so by properly configuring `config.ssl_options`. --- actionpack/test/controller/api/force_ssl_test.rb | 4 ++- actionpack/test/controller/force_ssl_test.rb | 40 +++++++++++++++--------- 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) (limited to 'actionpack/test') diff --git a/actionpack/test/controller/api/force_ssl_test.rb b/actionpack/test/controller/api/force_ssl_test.rb index 07459c3753..8191578eb0 100644 --- a/actionpack/test/controller/api/force_ssl_test.rb +++ b/actionpack/test/controller/api/force_ssl_test.rb @@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ require "abstract_unit" class ForceSSLApiController < ActionController::API - force_ssl + ActiveSupport::Deprecation.silence do + force_ssl + end def one; end def two diff --git a/actionpack/test/controller/force_ssl_test.rb b/actionpack/test/controller/force_ssl_test.rb index 84ac1fda3c..7f59f6acaf 100644 --- a/actionpack/test/controller/force_ssl_test.rb +++ b/actionpack/test/controller/force_ssl_test.rb @@ -13,19 +13,23 @@ class ForceSSLController < ActionController::Base end class ForceSSLControllerLevel < ForceSSLController - force_ssl + ActiveSupport::Deprecation.silence do + force_ssl + end end class ForceSSLCustomOptions < ForceSSLController - force_ssl host: "secure.example.com", only: :redirect_host - force_ssl port: 8443, only: :redirect_port - force_ssl subdomain: "secure", only: :redirect_subdomain - force_ssl domain: "secure.com", only: :redirect_domain - force_ssl path: "/foo", only: :redirect_path - force_ssl status: :found, only: :redirect_status - force_ssl flash: { message: "Foo, Bar!" }, only: :redirect_flash - force_ssl alert: "Foo, Bar!", only: :redirect_alert - force_ssl notice: "Foo, Bar!", only: :redirect_notice + ActiveSupport::Deprecation.silence do + force_ssl host: "secure.example.com", only: :redirect_host + force_ssl port: 8443, only: :redirect_port + force_ssl subdomain: "secure", only: :redirect_subdomain + force_ssl domain: "secure.com", only: :redirect_domain + force_ssl path: "/foo", only: :redirect_path + force_ssl status: :found, only: :redirect_status + force_ssl flash: { message: "Foo, Bar!" }, only: :redirect_flash + force_ssl alert: "Foo, Bar!", only: :redirect_alert + force_ssl notice: "Foo, Bar!", only: :redirect_notice + end def force_ssl_action render plain: action_name @@ -55,15 +59,21 @@ class ForceSSLCustomOptions < ForceSSLController end class ForceSSLOnlyAction < ForceSSLController - force_ssl only: :cheeseburger + ActiveSupport::Deprecation.silence do + force_ssl only: :cheeseburger + end end class ForceSSLExceptAction < ForceSSLController - force_ssl except: :banana + ActiveSupport::Deprecation.silence do + force_ssl except: :banana + end end class ForceSSLIfCondition < ForceSSLController - force_ssl if: :use_force_ssl? + ActiveSupport::Deprecation.silence do + force_ssl if: :use_force_ssl? + end def use_force_ssl? action_name == "cheeseburger" @@ -71,7 +81,9 @@ class ForceSSLIfCondition < ForceSSLController end class ForceSSLFlash < ForceSSLController - force_ssl except: [:banana, :set_flash, :use_flash] + ActiveSupport::Deprecation.silence do + force_ssl except: [:banana, :set_flash, :use_flash] + end def set_flash flash["that"] = "hello" -- cgit v1.2.3