‘Security’ Category
The Benefits of Single Sign-On (SSO)
Single sign-on (SSO) is a mechanism that consolidates the authentication process of multiple services into one spot. This connection allows users to be logged into multiple services when they sign in to one. At Gustavus we are currently using a combination of CAS and Shibboleth to secure most of our services (e.g. the Gribly, College [...]
Credit card security increased
Based on a tip at Pete Freitag’s blog, we have increased the security of our credit card forms. Always, always set autocomplete=”off” in the input tag. For example: <input type="text" name="cc" autocomplete="off" /> This feature will prevent many browsers from automatically completing the credit card fields and storing the numbers in plain text on the user’s hard drive. [...]