Wiki articles tagged with "security"

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Using phpseclib with Yii

Created 11 years ago by nkd, updated 11 years ago by nkd.

I installed phpseclib because I needed to do some AES encryption in my project. After all the hassle of installing php lib, I found out that Yii already has a security module (securityManager). I finally decided to keep using phpseclib because it has one big advantage over Yii securityManager module, it does...

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default csrf security and ajax post in one controller

Created 10 years ago by jasonban, updated 9 years ago by CeBe.

Hello Yii friends

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ACL and RBAC

Created 11 years ago by zeroByte, updated 11 years ago by kevinkorb.

This HowTo assumes that you have a smattering of ACL in general and of how the acl-extension works basically. It will introduce you into the abstract and give you a hint on how to use Business-Rules. If you have in-depth questions, please refer to the extension documentation. Using ACL in an RBAC-manner cannot and should never obs...

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Mais segurança em suas aplicações com Yii e PHPIDS

Created 13 years ago by Rafael Garcia, updated 13 years ago by Rafael Garcia.

PHPIDS é conhecido projeto que pode ser visto em php-ids.org.

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Version: 1.1
Category: How-tos

[PT-BR] Proteção Contra Logout CSRF

Created 12 years ago by Rodrigo Coelho, updated 12 years ago by Rodrigo Coelho.

CSRF é o acrônimo para Cross-site request forgery.
CSRF é um ataque que forca o usuário a executar ações não desejadas numa aplicação Web na qual ele está autenticado.

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Version: 1.1
Category: Tutorials

Yii Security-extended guide

Created 12 years ago by bingjie2680, updated 12 years ago by bingjie2680.

This article is called extended guide is because there is already a security guide in the Yii tutorial security section. but that guide is not complete in the sense that it does not rise the developers' attention to some other commonly happening attacks: SQL injection and magic URL, which can be major vulnerabilities in you...

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Category: Tips

Make the authentication more securely

Created 9 years ago by Kostas Apazidis (KonApaz), updated 9 years ago by Kostas Apazidis (KonApaz).

Suppose a hacker has an account of your website He could set the PHPSESSID to empty After of that He login in your system The PHPSESSID remains blank and user has already logged with this session

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Extension Development (beginner)

Created 10 years ago by sefburhan, updated 9 years ago by CeBe.

To extend the functionality of you web application relative to your requirements you are supposed to use existing yii core libraries or use external libraries. There are some steps to ensure security, uniqueness, modularity, performance and to avoid rework in future.

Step 01: Have a Strategy

  • Is my extension just for fun/demonstration purposes or for everyday use in the real world? -...

Enhance security of cookie-based login

Created 9 years ago by darkheir, updated 9 years ago by darkheir.

When talking about cookie-base login the Yii guide indicates the following:

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Key web server settings after installing a fresh Yii 2 basic or advanced app

Created 9 years ago by Kartik V, updated 9 years ago by Kartik V.

So, you have installed a brand new Yii 2 app (basic) or (advanced). Here are a few tips for Apache web server users to get things running more secure and better with your yii2 app.

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Version: 2.0
Category: Tips

Checking for "expired" sessions/logins on the client side

Created 10 years ago by le_top, updated 8 years ago by le_top.

Getting "Expired token" errors ? Here is a solution to avoid invalid CSRF on POST or ajax requests, or user identity changes.

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Version: 1.1
Category: How-tos

Single PHP entry point with Nginx

Created 8 years ago by MadAnd, updated 8 years ago by MadAnd.

In this article I will show you how to slightly increase application security, by exploiting the fact that Yii implements the Front Controller Pattern.

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Show captcha after <N> unsuccessfull attempts

Created 11 years ago by zitter, updated 11 years ago by zitter.

In this mini howto I would like to show how to add a required captcha field in the login form, after a defined number of unsuccessfull attempts. To do this, I will use the blog demo that you have in default Yii download package (path/to/yii/demos/blog).

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Secure password hashing with bCrypt

Created 12 years ago by waitforit, updated 11 years ago by Ivo Pereira.

In this article I will show you how to implement a secure password hashing mechanism in your Yii projects using a bCrypt class.

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More security in your applications with Yii and PHPIDS

Created 13 years ago by Rafael Garcia, updated 13 years ago by Gustavo.

PHPIDS is a well known project that can be found in php-ids.org.

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Logout CSRF Protection

Created 12 years ago by Rodrigo Coelho, updated 12 years ago by Rodrigo Coelho.

CSRF is the acronymn for Cross-site request forgery.
It is an attack which forces an end user to execute unwanted actions on a web application in which he/she is currently authenticated.

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Version: 1.1
Category: Tutorials

How to hide /frontend/web in url addresses on apache

Created 9 years ago by raminious, updated 9 years ago by jim..

There is an issue on Yii2 to redirecting / urls to /frontend/web.
In other words we need a way to hidden /frontend/web from addresses.
We will do this without changing Apache configuration and creating virtual host or setting document root (It's good for share hostings that we have not access to apache.conf)

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Version: 2.0
Category: How-tos

Configuring controller access rules to default-deny

Created 12 years ago by Steve Friedl, updated 10 years ago by nsanden.

Starting with the blog tutorial, Yii developers are familiar with the notion of access rules defined in the controller, where the actions are allowed or denied depending on the user's name or role.

class CommentController extends CController {
    public function filters()
    {
        return array( 'accessControl' ); // perform access control for CRUD operations
    }

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Secure password hash storage and a Yii helper extension

Created 12 years ago by fsb, updated 10 years ago by fsb.

This wiki has been replaced by Use crypt() for password storage.

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Moving project code outside of webroot (plus multiple project support)

Created 13 years ago by Steve Friedl, updated 12 years ago by Steve Friedl.

Yii's by-default directory organization works well enough, but there are several steps one can take that improve the security and serviceability of the system, especially in the context of multiple Yii projects on the same machine (including multiple versions of the same project).

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