May 2009
Step through Securing your Grails application
Grails provides all the basic building blocks you need to put together a secure Web application. Setting up an authentication infrastructure answers the question, "Who are you?" Get a hands-on lesson in enabling logins, limiting activity based on whether or not the User is logged in, and how to add in some authorization based on the User's role.
February 2009
Understand the Anatomy of a Web attack or else
Never underestimate or lose respect for those looking to do you harm: You do so at your own peril. Today, more and more applications are being hosted on the Internet. As organizations have moved their applications to this environment, the threats have increased 100-fold. To avoid becoming a victim, understand what you face, how attacks are carried out, and how you can employ proper defensive measures. A little research and understanding can go a long way.
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