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[Ruby on Rails] Move away from CookieStore if you care about your users and their security. Here is a technical explanation why.
From: "G. S. McNamara" <main () gsmcnamara com>
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 21:30:58 -0400
Ruby on Rails Web applications versions 2.0 through 4.0 are by default vulnerable to an oft-overlooked Web application security issue: Session cookies are valid for life.* A malicious user could use the stolen cookie from any authenticated request by the user to log in as them at any point in the future. The fix is to configure your Rails app to store most session information on the server side in the database. Move away from the default CookieStore, which stores the entire session hash in the cookie, to something like ActiveRecordStore. Here is a full write-up if needed: http://maverickblogging.com/logout-is-broken-by-default-ruby-on-rails-web-applications/ **In my testing, the only methods to invalidate these cookies are for the user to change their password or for systems administrators to change the application secret.* G. S. McNamara
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