Chapter 20. Security
The Internet can be a scary place.
These days, high-profile security gaffes seem to crop up on a daily basis. We've seen viruses spread with amazing speed; swarms of compromised computers wielded as weapons; a never-ending arms race against spammers; and many, many reports of identity theft from hacked Web sites.
As Web developers, we have a duty to do what we can to combat these forces of darkness. Every Web developer needs to treat security as a fundamental aspect of Web programming. Unfortunately, it turns out that implementing security is hard—attackers need to find only a single vulnerability, but defenders have to protect every single one.
Django attempts to mitigate this difficulty. It's designed to automatically protect ...
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