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| author | Andrey Andreev <narf@bofh.bg> | 2012-01-08 04:23:07 +0100 |
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| committer | Andrey Andreev <narf@bofh.bg> | 2012-01-08 04:23:07 +0100 |
| commit | 3c7c461a93145b045ba688585a5b606e28b7d7cb (patch) | |
| tree | 349412385e03bab484bbbcf306a2b1d3d59988a7 /user_guide_src/source | |
| parent | 92849d9cc553693a3eda5efb6a648187f6ce6064 (diff) | |
| parent | 352d60e9f3a65def29e02a4507ef742eac255333 (diff) | |
Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/develop' into develop-db-oci8
Diffstat (limited to 'user_guide_src/source')
| -rw-r--r-- | user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | user_guide_src/source/libraries/security.rst | 4 |
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst index 803bfcc68..b28e5b7e8 100644 --- a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst +++ b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst @@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ Release Date: Not Released if they are set manually after initialization. - Minor speed optimizations and method & property visibility declarations in the Calendar Library. - Removed SHA1 function in the :doc:`Encryption Library <libraries/encryption>`. + - Added $config['csrf_regeneration'] to the CSRF protection in the :doc:`Security library <libraries/security>`, which makes token regeneration optional. + - Core diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/libraries/security.rst b/user_guide_src/source/libraries/security.rst index 8ee0c6e77..e7d25555f 100644 --- a/user_guide_src/source/libraries/security.rst +++ b/user_guide_src/source/libraries/security.rst @@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ If you use the :doc:`form helper <../helpers/form_helper>` the form_open() function will automatically insert a hidden csrf field in your forms. +Tokens may be either regenerated on every submission (default) or kept the same throughout the life of the CSRF cookie. The default regeneration of tokens provides stricter security but may result in usability concerns as other tokens become invalid (back/forward navigation, multiple tabs/windows, asynchronous actions, etc). You may alter this behavior by editing the following config parameter:: + + $config['csrf_regeneration'] = TRUE; + Select URIs can be whitelisted from csrf protection (for example API endpoints expecting externally POSTed content). You can add these URIs by editing the 'csrf_exclude_uris' config parameter:: |