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> Don't forget to disable TLS compression and HTTP compression for pages containing session ids or CSRF tokens.

Dumb question: Is this general advice or is it specific to django due to the "BREACH" [1][2] https attack? It's not clear if it the underlying flaw is in using a CSRF token or something specific to django's implementation. I had never heard this before, so thank you.

[1] http://news.softpedia.com/news/Django-BREACH-Attack-Against-... [2] http://stacks.11craft.com/what-is-breach-how-can-we-protect-...

parent yajoe 13 years ago

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