Tag: Security

  • Protect your assets with expiring URLs

    Note: This article has been marked for a quality review and will soon be updated. A problem that many web developers face is how to protect their assets. Specifically ones that users are supposed to pay for – say a video training site for instance, you don’t want every Tom, Dick and Harry being able…

  • Don’t vet Passwords!

    I’ve designed loads of forms in my time, some for collecting random data, some for logging in, and some for user sign up. I usually employ form validation to make sure it’s a valid email, and a valid phone number etc, but I never check the password (unless it’s for length). I myself like to…