Tag Archives: security

Client Certificates and Play!

By Hugo Monteiro | Published: September 30, 2011

Sometimes we need the authentication of the client. That means, for instance, if you want to limit the access to your web application, from the people who has the right certificate. This is possible, using client certificates, which are installed inside the browser, and the user without this certificate cannot access the web application. To [...]

Posted in Internet, play, Software Development | Also tagged certificates, Internet, keytool, openssl, play, rsa | 5 Comments

Security tips for a web developer

By Hugo Monteiro | Published: March 13, 2010

Every web application has two sides. The client side and the server side. Everything on the client side can be changed, and most of the security problems happens when you trust in the client. With a simple proxy (like webscarab) you can edit the fields that were validated using javascript. That’s why you always need [...]