5 Securing Spring
This chapter covers
- Autoconfiguring Spring Security
- Defining custom user storage
- Customizing the login page
- Securing against CSRF attacks
- Knowing your user
Have you ever noticed that most people in television sitcoms don’t lock their doors? In the days of Leave It to Beaver, it wasn’t so unusual for people to leave their doors unlocked. But it seems crazy that at a time when we’re concerned with privacy and security, we see television characters enabling unhindered access to their apartments and homes.
Information is probably the most valuable item we now have; crooks are looking for ways to steal our data and identities by sneaking into unsecured applications. As software developers, we must take steps to protect the information ...
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