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Diffstat (limited to 'docs/ref/contrib/csrf.txt')
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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/docs/ref/contrib/csrf.txt b/docs/ref/contrib/csrf.txt index e1a87d495f..4c847271da 100644 --- a/docs/ref/contrib/csrf.txt +++ b/docs/ref/contrib/csrf.txt @@ -347,8 +347,9 @@ all the views that need it, enable the middleware and use CsrfViewMiddleware.process_view not used ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -There are cases when may not have run before your view is run - 404 and 500 -handlers, for example - but you still need the CSRF token in a form. +There are cases when ``CsrfViewMiddleware.process_view``` may not have run +before your view is run - 404 and 500 handlers, for example - but you still +need the CSRF token in a form. Solution: use :func:`~django.views.decorators.csrf.requires_csrf_token` @@ -420,7 +421,7 @@ The domain to be used when setting the CSRF cookie. This can be useful for easily allowing cross-subdomain requests to be excluded from the normal cross site request forgery protection. It should be set to a string such as ``".lawrence.com"`` to allow a POST request from a form on one subdomain to be -accepted by accepted by a view served from another subdomain. +accepted by a view served from another subdomain. Please note that, with or without use of this setting, this CSRF protection mechanism is not safe against cross-subdomain attacks -- see `Limitations`_. |