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Interview with Frank Rietta

#183 Apr 17, 2019 free

In this interview, Frank Rietta, a security expert in web applications, talks about various recommendations for securing a Ruby on Rails application. Many areas are explored from code, staff, servers and infrastructure.

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Security and Static Code Analyzers

#62 Jan 8, 2017 free

Whether you're preparing for a third-party security scan or already doing peer code reviews, you should always run brakeman scanner on your application to identify potential security vulnerabilities.

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Invisible Captcha

#10 Aug 2, 2015 free

Part of a good User Experience is making your application easy to use for your users. However, a few bad apples often cause a hinderance to your UX/UI by the addition of Captchas. Learn how to create invisible captchas to protect your forms while delivering a good UX.

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Securing File Uploads

#14 Aug 22, 2015 free

Be default, Refile does not have a way to secure file downloads. It relies on a generated hash that is unknown to users unless the page renders that image or has a download to that file. This is okay sometimes, however, protecting the file from being downloaded for those who have the URL is a bit more involved.

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reCAPTCHA v2

#282 Feb 7, 2021 free

Reduce the number of bots and spam your Ruby on Rails application gets with Google reCAPTCHA v2.

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Complex Strong Parameters

#16 Aug 28, 2015 free

Make your strong parameters do more by extracting the logic in order to maximize the ability and security of your application.

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Dynamic Role Management

#247 Jun 21, 2020 pro

Create dynamic roles that can be assigned to users. Based on the assigned role, the user will be able to perform or view various parts of the application.

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Friend Requests From Scratch

#155 Oct 14, 2018 pro

Part I - In this episode, we create our authentication for users, default view for authenticated users, friendship model, associations and scopes for our social media application.

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Policy Manager with GDPR Rails

#164 Dec 16, 2018 pro

Using the gdpr_rails gem, we look at adding a policy manager to require users to accept age, terms, and privacy policies before signing up for an account.

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Search Encrypted Attributes with Blind Index

#139 Jun 24, 2018 pro

Keeping client data protected is important, but once an attribute is encrypted, it becomes difficult to work with it. With Blind Index, we regain functionality on searching and validations.

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