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document cookie usage, warn about domain cookies

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Thomas Waldmann 2013-10-05 16:24:45 +02:00
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Django's templating engine html-escapes inputs by default. Django's templating engine html-escapes inputs by default.
Cookies
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The software ("as is") uses these cookies:
* "csrftoken" (host-only, for CSRF protection)
* "sessionid" (host-only, to keep the session when you have logged-in to the
web interface)
Be careful with domain cookies
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The software ("as is") does not use any domain cookies.
In case you modify the software, please be extremely cautious with domain
cookies and in case of doubt, do rather not use them.
If you use domain cookies (like for ".yourservice.net", the leading dot
makes it a domain cookie), all hosts in that domain would be able to read
and write these cookies. Your site (at e.g. www.yourservice.net), but also
users' sites (like attacker.yourservice.net).
Obviously, this might lead to security issues with stealing, modifying and
faking domain cookies.