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authorElrond <elrond+mediagoblin.org@samba-tng.org>2013-04-30 00:24:45 +0200
committerElrond <elrond+mediagoblin.org@samba-tng.org>2013-04-30 00:26:06 +0200
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Add warning about crypt/itsdangeroussecret.bin.
You should not leak that file, really.
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2 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/docs/source/pluginwriter/api.rst b/docs/source/pluginwriter/api.rst
index 3a75d455..6323f713 100644
--- a/docs/source/pluginwriter/api.rst
+++ b/docs/source/pluginwriter/api.rst
@@ -31,4 +31,4 @@ Please check the release notes for updates!
.. automodule:: mediagoblin.tools.pluginapi
:members: get_config, register_routes, register_template_path,
register_template_hooks, get_hook_templates,
- hook_handle, hook_runall, hook_transform,
+ hook_handle, hook_runall, hook_transform
diff --git a/docs/source/siteadmin/deploying.rst b/docs/source/siteadmin/deploying.rst
index 77e60037..f2f71e01 100644
--- a/docs/source/siteadmin/deploying.rst
+++ b/docs/source/siteadmin/deploying.rst
@@ -345,3 +345,17 @@ Visit the site you've set up in your browser by visiting
smaller deployments. However, for larger production deployments
with larger processing requirements, see the
":doc:`production-deployments`" documentation.
+
+
+Security Considerations
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. warning::
+
+ The directory ``user_dev/crypto/`` contains some very
+ sensitive files.
+ Especially the ``itsdangeroussecret.bin`` is very important
+ for session security. Make sure not to leak its contents anywhere.
+ If the contents gets leaked nevertheless, delete your file
+ and restart the server, so that it creates a new secret key.
+ All previous sessions will be invalifated then.