From e1fcacbca5deccf9b4156df7bcf16f6eae1b064c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Luke Taylor Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 21:00:30 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Added general question on other security concerns --- src/site/fml/faq.fml | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) diff --git a/src/site/fml/faq.fml b/src/site/fml/faq.fml index 10acece57a..0002f2c50a 100644 --- a/src/site/fml/faq.fml +++ b/src/site/fml/faq.fml @@ -4,6 +4,21 @@ General + + + Will Spring Security take care of all my application security requirements? + +

Spring Security provides you with a very flexible framework for + your authentication and authorization requirements, but there are many other considerations + for building a secure application that are outside its scope. Web applications are + vulnerable to all kinds of attacks which you should be familiar with, preferably before you + start development so you can design and code with them in mind from the beginning. + Check out the OWASP web site + for information on the major issues facing web application developers and the countermeasures + you can use against them. +

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Why not just use web.xml security?