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Chapter 14: Securing Plone

This chapter discusses techniques to secure a Plone site. It shows how to approach security to accomplish specific goals. It explores the importance of platform security, and covers specific security problems and solutions for hardware, OS, and software. It also discusses the human side of the security equation, including abuse by insiders, the danger of excessive security, and social engineering.

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  • Ensuring Security
  • Platform Security
    • Hardware
    • Operating System
    • System Software
  • Human Factors
  • Zope- and Plone-Specific Security
  • Specific Threats to Web Applications
    • Bad Input
    • Cross-Site Scripting
    • Passwords in the Clear
    • Denial of Service Attacks
  • Difficult or Impossible Tasks
  • SSL
  • Summary

BOOK DETAILS   Paperback, 416 pages Released: November 2004 ISBN: 1904811027 Author: Cameron Cooper

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Intro
1. Introducing Plone
2. Installing and Running Plone
3. Managing Plone
4. Users and Permissions
5. Design and Architecture
6. Developing on the File System[ Free Chapter]
7. Layout Customization
8. Customizing and Creating Content Types
9. Workflow and Publishing Content
10. Writing Plone Tools
11.Using Relational Database Management Systems
12. Integration
13. Performance and Optimization
14. Securing Plone[ Free Chapter]
15. Internationalization
Index

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