diff --git a/guides/source/security.md b/guides/source/security.md index edce41516f..c5c0e9bcf6 100644 --- a/guides/source/security.md +++ b/guides/source/security.md @@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ Rails 2 introduced a new default session storage, CookieStore. CookieStore saves However, since Rails 4, the default store is EncryptedCookieStore. With EncryptedCookieStore the session is encrypted before being stored in a cookie. This prevents the user access to the content of the cookie and prevents him from tampering its content as well. Thus the session becomes a more secure place to store data. The encryption is done using a server-side secret key `secrets.secret_key_base` stored in `config/secrets.yml`. -That means the security of this storage depends on this secret (and on the digest algorithm, which defaults to SHA1, for compatibility). So _don't use a trivial secret, i.e. a word from a dictionary, or one which is shorter than 30 characters, use `rake secrets` instead_. +That means the security of this storage depends on this secret (and on the digest algorithm, which defaults to SHA1, for compatibility). So _don't use a trivial secret, i.e. a word from a dictionary, or one which is shorter than 30 characters, use `rake secret` instead_. `secrets.secret_key_base` is used for specifying a key which allows sessions for the application to be verified against a known secure key to prevent tampering. Applications get `secrets.secret_key_base` initialized to a random key present in `config/secrets.yml`, e.g.: