On Dec 18, 2007, at 5:35 PM, tekwiz wrote: > I understand that the new CookieSessions use encryption to secure the > data inside the cookie. The +secret+ that is default defined in > config.action_controller.session in the environment.rb appears to be a > hexidemical key. A few questions regarding this: > > 1) Is the +secret+ converted from a hex string to a binary key? > 2) Can I use any characters in the key > 3) What key lengths can I use? > > Also, a couple questions about the encryption algorithm: > > 1) What encryption algorithm is used. > 2) What mode is the encryption algorithm operating in (eg. CBC, > stream, etc.) > > One final question: Is the CookieSession attached to the user's IP > address in any way within the ActionController, or is this left to the > developer? (To prevent against a replay attack) > > -- > Travis
Travis, This list is for discussion of development of Rails itself. Questions about using Rails should go to the rubyonrails-talk list. I can't tell if you are proposing changing any of those things - if you are, this is the right place. If you are just trying to get information on how this works, the -talk list is the place to go. -- Josh Susser http://blog.hasmanythrough.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Core" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-core?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
