web2py and security

[James O' Driscoll]

Are there any good resources on how to boost the security of web2py.

Regards,

James

[Rufus]

What aspect of security are you concerned about?
Are you asking how to configure web2py for maximum security?
Are there aspects of the security model you feel need boosting?
Have you read the manual about web2py and security?
I'm not an expert, but as I understand it, security was one of the
prime design goals of web2py.

[James O' Driscoll]

Rufus,

I am asking how to configure web2py for maximum security.

I am not an expert either but you cannot be too careful.

I am just looking for general good sources of info.

Regards,

James

[Rufus Smith]

I am not too active or up to date on security, I assume you already looked at:

http://www.web2py.com/book/default/chapter/01#Security

and at the end of the section it referenced generic python security here:

http://www.pythonsecurity.org/

Rufus

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Resources:
- http://web2py.com
- http://web2py.com/book (Documentation)
- http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code)
- https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues)
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[Dave S]

On Wednesday, February 11, 2015 at 8:07:10 AM UTC-8, Rufus wrote:

I am not too active or up to date on security, I assume you already looked at:

http://www.web2py.com/book/default/chapter/01#Security

and at the end of the section it referenced generic python security here:

http://www.pythonsecurity.org/

Rufus

Also, back in August Massimo posted this:

About security (a). You cannot beat the security of web2py. Friday I am giving a talk at OWASP in Orange County about this. I will post slides. The University where I teach was one of the first in the country to receive a certificate of excellence from the NSA. This was not about web2py but this is to say we are security experts.

 

<URL:https://groups.google.com/d/msg/web2py/jao7o735bBM/YtFeclUntwcJ>

Also note that web2py takes care of several security issues that other environments leave to the individual developer, who might not be trained to think of security issues.

(OWAPS-OC is a local chapter of The Open Web Application Security Project .  You might see if you have a chapter in your area, or browse for their materials.  The chapter link is
<URL:http://www.meetup.com/OWASP-OC/>)

/dps