Skip to Content
Spring Security - Third Edition
book

Spring Security - Third Edition

by Mick Knutson, Robert Winch, Peter Mularien
November 2017
Intermediate to advanced
542 pages
14h 24m
English
Packt Publishing
Content preview from Spring Security - Third Edition

Configuring a custom SecurityExpressionRoot

Let's assume that we want to support a custom web expression named isLocal that will return true if the host is localhost and false otherwise. This new method could be used to provide additional security for our SQL console by ensuring that it is only accessed from the same machine that the web application is deployed from.

This is an artificial example that does not add any security benefits since the host comes from the headers of the HTTP request. This means a malicious user could inject a header stating the host is localhost even if they are requesting to an external domain.

All of the expressions that we have seen are available because the SecurityExpressionHandler interface makes them available ...

Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.

Read now

Unlock full access

More than 5,000 organizations count on O’Reilly

AirBnbBlueOriginElectronic ArtsHomeDepotNasdaqRakutenTata Consultancy Services

QuotationMarkO’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.
Julian F.
Head of Cybersecurity
QuotationMarkI wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.
Addison B.
Field Engineer
QuotationMarkI’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.
Amir M.
Data Platform Tech Lead
QuotationMarkI'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.
Mark W.
Embedded Software Engineer

You might also like

Spring Security

Spring Security

Josh Long / Robert Winch
Pro Spring Security

Pro Spring Security

Carlo Scarioni

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781787129511