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Re:One Line of Code That Compromises Your Server by robertlagrant on Saturday April 01, 2017 @04:37PM (#14014043)
I THOUGHT Django generated a random secret! What's MF on about?
Re:One Line of Code That Compromises Your Server by jacksingleton on Saturday April 01, 2017 @05:35PM (#14014310)
ah I can see how that sidebar is confusing now. the point was just to highlight the configuration names across different frameworks. as @ameliaquining points out, a randomly generated secret that's been leaked to github has much the same effect as one that is easily guessed.

I'll think about ways to make it more clear! Thanks

Re:One Line of Code That Compromises Your Server by hansjorg on Saturday April 01, 2017 @05:14PM (#14014225)
I think the purpose of that sidebar is to list the names of relevant configuration keys for some frameworks. Pretty confusing though.
Re:One Line of Code That Compromises Your Server by stestagg on Saturday April 01, 2017 @05:20PM (#14014249)
I guess his point is that you /could/ set this to a weak key if you want, but I can't think why you ever would