Security Extensions plugin
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Install the plugin:
ruby script/plugin install http://svn.aviditybytes.com/rails/plugins/security_extensions
Example
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The following is an example of ensuring all POST requests in an application are secure and that the UserController#logout method can only be called by POST.
/app/controllers/application.rb:
class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base verify_form_posts_have_security_token ... end
/app/controllers/user_controller.rb:
class UserController < ApplicationController verify_post :only => :logout ... end
/app/views/layouts/application.rhtml:
<%= secure_form_tag :action => 'logout' %>
/test/functional/user_controller_test.rb:
def test_should_contain_a_secure_form get :index assert_number_of_secure_forms 1 end def test_should_require_secure_post post_without_security :logout assert_response 403 end def test_should_require_post get :logout assert_response 403 end def test_should_redirect_to_login_on_logout post :logout assert_redirected_to :action => 'login' end
Further Documentation
There is currently no advanced documentation for this plugin.
New documentationEdit plugin | (0 older versions) | Last edited by: hardway, 7 months ago

