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authorChris McDonough <chrism@plope.com>2012-11-05 16:03:07 -0500
committerChris McDonough <chrism@plope.com>2012-11-05 16:03:07 -0500
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Merge branch 'master' of github.com:Pylons/pyramid
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-rw-r--r--docs/narr/renderers.rst2
-rw-r--r--docs/narr/security.rst8
-rw-r--r--docs/narr/sessions.rst13
3 files changed, 14 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/docs/narr/renderers.rst b/docs/narr/renderers.rst
index 63287e2cd..1158d2225 100644
--- a/docs/narr/renderers.rst
+++ b/docs/narr/renderers.rst
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ time "by hand". Configure a JSONP renderer using the
Once this renderer is registered via
:meth:`~pyramid.config.Configurator.add_renderer` as above, you can use
``jsonp`` as the ``renderer=`` parameter to ``@view_config`` or
-:meth:`pyramid.config.Configurator.add_view``:
+:meth:`pyramid.config.Configurator.add_view`:
.. code-block:: python
diff --git a/docs/narr/security.rst b/docs/narr/security.rst
index 07ec0f21e..3a94b4f7d 100644
--- a/docs/narr/security.rst
+++ b/docs/narr/security.rst
@@ -92,11 +92,11 @@ For example:
from pyramid.config import Configurator
from pyramid.authentication import AuthTktAuthenticationPolicy
from pyramid.authorization import ACLAuthorizationPolicy
- authentication_policy = AuthTktAuthenticationPolicy('seekrit')
- authorization_policy = ACLAuthorizationPolicy()
+ authn_policy = AuthTktAuthenticationPolicy('seekrit', hashalg='sha512')
+ authz_policy = ACLAuthorizationPolicy()
config = Configurator()
- config.set_authentication_policy(authentication_policy)
- config.set_authorization_policy(authorization_policy)
+ config.set_authentication_policy(authn_policy)
+ config.set_authorization_policy(authz_policy)
.. note:: the ``authentication_policy`` and ``authorization_policy``
arguments may also be passed to their respective methods mentioned above
diff --git a/docs/narr/sessions.rst b/docs/narr/sessions.rst
index 1aa1b6341..f7da7838e 100644
--- a/docs/narr/sessions.rst
+++ b/docs/narr/sessions.rst
@@ -63,10 +63,15 @@ application by using the ``session_factory`` argument to the
this implementation is, by default, *unencrypted*. You should not use it
when you keep sensitive information in the session object, as the
information can be easily read by both users of your application and third
- parties who have access to your users' network traffic. Use a different
- session factory implementation (preferably one which keeps session data on
- the server) for anything but the most basic of applications where "session
- security doesn't matter".
+ parties who have access to your users' network traffic. And if you use this
+ sessioning implementation, and you inadvertently create a cross-site
+ scripting vulnerability in your application, because the session data is
+ stored unencrypted in a cookie, it will also be easier for evildoers to
+ obtain the current user's cross-site scripting token. In short, use a
+ different session factory implementation (preferably one which keeps session
+ data on the server) for anything but the most basic of applications where
+ "session security doesn't matter", and you are sure your application has no
+ cross-site scripting vulnerabilities.
.. index::
single: session object