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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.