bugant / rack-protection

You should use protection!

You should use protection!

This gem protects against typical web attacks. Should work for all Rack apps, including Rails.

Usage

Use all protections you probably want to use:

# config.ru
require 'rack/protection'
use Rack::Protection
run MyApp

Skip a single protection middleware:

# config.ru
require 'rack/protection'
use Rack::Protection, :except => :path_traversal
run MyApp

Use a single protection middleware:

# config.ru
require 'rack/protection'
use Rack::Protection::AuthenticityToken
run MyApp

Prevented Attacks

Cross Site Request Forgery

Prevented by:

• Rack::Protection::AuthenticityToken (not included by use Rack::Protection)
• Rack::Protection::FormToken (not included by use Rack::Protection)
• Rack::Protection::JsonCsrf
• Rack::Protection::RemoteReferrer (not included by use Rack::Protection)
• Rack::Protection::RemoteToken
• Rack::Protection::HttpOrigin

Cross Site Scripting

Prevented by:

• Rack::Protection::EscapedParams (not included by use Rack::Protection)
• Rack::Protection::XSSHeader (Internet Explorer only)

Clickjacking

Prevented by:

• Rack::Protection::FrameOptions

Directory Traversal

Prevented by:

• Rack::Protection::PathTraversal

Session Hijacking

Prevented by:

• Rack::Protection::SessionHijacking

IP Spoofing

Prevented by:

• Rack::Protection::IPSpoofing

Installation

gem install rack-protection