Re: Securing a URL

2008-07-21 Thread Jonathan Snook
Normally you have a user object stored in the session that's used to authenticate. Just include that in any query that needs to be locked down to a specific user. On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 3:22 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I searched the archives of this group and never found an answer to >

Re: Securing a URL

2008-07-21 Thread KingJackaL
This is a common web app issue. The same problem exists with form input - if you have a drop-down in your form with the values 'A', 'B' and 'C' - that doesn't actually stop a user from sending you 'D', it just makes it (very) hard for technically naive users to do so. What you want to do is check

Re: Securing a URL

2008-07-21 Thread KingJackaL
Encrypting URL's doesn't make a lot of sense to me (in most cases) - there are of course exceptions like creating temporary URL's. There are a few reasons why: - adding hash crap into your URL's isn't a smart SEO move - if it's a GET URL, it should be readable. Readable means short ...and you NEE

Re: Securing a URL

2008-07-21 Thread K3
Maybe this will help you: http://bakery.cakephp.org/articles/view/encrypting-urls --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com To unsu

Securing a URL

2008-07-21 Thread peterbrenner
I searched the archives of this group and never found an answer to this question. Suppose I have a page that is access via the URL http://www.mydomain.com/mycontroller/5 There is nothing to stop a user from changing the URL to http://www.mydomain.com/mycontroller/6 and viewing a different record

Re: Securing a URL

2008-07-20 Thread francky06l
I have done something about this (a while ago) and maybe not up to date with 1.2 RC2. Check about SecureGet on bakery. hth On Jul 21, 6:24 am, "Jonathan Snook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Normally you have a user object stored in the session that's used to > authenticate. Just include that in an