I’m using some HTTP basic authentication in Chirk HR as a simple way of preventing unauthorized access. It’s simple, fast, and easy to change to a more robust authentication later on. Ideal Authentication Test As part of my testing habits, I try to really exercise important methods. Authentication is definitely one of them. Authentication is …
Tag: security
Major Security Releases for ChiliProject
I wanted to post a quick update here in case someone isn’t subscribed to the ChiliProject Blog. A few minutes ago I released two security releases for ChiliProject, 1.5.2 and 2.1.1. These fix many major XSS bugs we discovered while doing a security audit of the code base. I think somewhere around 94 potential XSS …
Apple’s FileVault
Recently I turned on the “FileVault” option on my Mac. For those who don’t know FileVault is a preference that lets a user encrypt their /home directory. It is encrypted and the user sets a password to access it. Then when the user logs in their /home is decrypted on the fly as it is …