#356 Dangers of Session Hijacking

from RailsCasts (Mobile) · host Ryan Bates

If a user's authentication cookie is sent over an insecure connection it is vulnerable to session hijacking, or more specifically, sidejacking. Learn how this is done, and how you can prevent it.

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