Comments on: HTTP Authentication with Rails http://blog.dynamic50.com/2009/02/24/http-authentication-with-rails/ Ruby on Rails, London - The Blog by Dynamic50 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 04:38:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: nogeek http://blog.dynamic50.com/2009/02/24/http-authentication-with-rails/comment-page-1/#comment-5 nogeek Wed, 06 Jan 2010 10:24:59 +0000 http://blog.dynamic50.com/?p=192#comment-5 It is not particularly secure see <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_access_authentication" rel="nofollow">wikipedia</a>. I would recommend either setting an admin role in your login system or something along those lines. We generally only use it here in front of a staging site or test server, which are situations whereby the site would not be massively compromised if an attacker gained access. It is not particularly secure see wikipedia. I would recommend either setting an admin role in your login system or something along those lines.

We generally only use it here in front of a staging site or test server, which are situations whereby the site would not be massively compromised if an attacker gained access.

]]> By: vectran http://blog.dynamic50.com/2009/02/24/http-authentication-with-rails/comment-page-1/#comment-4 vectran Wed, 06 Jan 2010 03:46:24 +0000 http://blog.dynamic50.com/?p=192#comment-4 How secure do you think this is? Is it acceptable to use this on an admin panel for an application with say 2k visitors a month? Cheers. How secure do you think this is? Is it acceptable to use this on an admin panel for an application with say 2k visitors a month? Cheers.

]]> By: nogeek http://blog.dynamic50.com/2009/02/24/http-authentication-with-rails/comment-page-1/#comment-3 nogeek Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:27:37 +0000 http://blog.dynamic50.com/?p=192#comment-3 Thanks for your comment Uma, glad we could help! Thanks for your comment Uma, glad we could help!

]]> By: uma mahesh varma http://blog.dynamic50.com/2009/02/24/http-authentication-with-rails/comment-page-1/#comment-2 uma mahesh varma Tue, 08 Sep 2009 06:41:37 +0000 http://blog.dynamic50.com/?p=192#comment-2 nice post. its help alot Thank You, Uma. nice post. its help alot

Thank You,
Uma.

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