Questions tagged [protector]
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configure DataProtectionProvider to work for both IIS, IIS Express and self hosted instances of an application
I a am trying to encrypt a string while running an application as self hosted using DataProtectionProvider. I then need to decrypt the string while the same application is hosted in IIS. I have found that this does not work. I get a…

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Hooking KiUserExceptionDispatcher- can't find typedef anywhere?
I'm writing a file protector that is similar to armadillo. So, I want to implement some kind of "nanomites" for anti-dump protection.
However, instead of opening my own process I've decided to hook KiUserExceptionDispatcher.
The problem is I don't…

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How would I change this to prevent numerous queries against the database to check the user role?
Last Updated: 29 Aug 2013 18:54 EST
I have the following module defined and then included into my model. I am using the rolify gem to give my users roles.
module Permissions::Offer
extend ActiveSupport::Concern
included do
# `user` is a…

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Is there any way to detect whether a device has a case and screen protector on it?
I know this might be a stupid question, but can we detect whether an iPhone device has a case and screen protector on it in code?

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'stack level too deep' while executing .exists? on restricted object
lets say we have a post with many comments.
when i try to do
post.restrict!(current_user).comments.exists?
it fails with:
SystemStackError: stack level too deep
from…

user3392268
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how to add Microsoft Edge browser on codecept.conf.js with protector
I'm trying to run a test on multiple browsers : Edge, Safari, chrome , firefox
I'm using this configuration on codecept.conf.js with protector:
Protractor: {
driver: 'hosted',
browser: 'miscrosoftEdge',
rootElement: 'body',
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Salah Leila
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not able to select element
I was able to select an element using ng-repeat but the developers have used virtual repeat as such the following code does not work now
expect(stores.listStores(0).getText()).toContain('Prahran');
expect(element.all(by.repeater('store in…
user9793769
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Differences between Protector and Obfuscator for .Net
I am currently looking for a replacement for our old Salamander protector due some unsolvable DLL load issues in the released software. I ran Google and found some solutions worthy to try. The website, of course, promises best security and an easy…

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Enforcing restrict on current user by default
We're looking at the protector gem for attribute level security. I'd like to auto restrict all models to the current user by default so you have to explicitly unrestrict it instead of the other way around. So..
Article.find(3) # Is actually eq to…

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gem 'protector' controlling actions in rails
Protector is about controlling models.
How can I deal with controllers #new & #edit actions?
They do not interact with database, but render views that shouldn't be rendered. I should get an error this way.

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Protecting associations with Protector
I want to use Protector to control the fields that unauthorized users can see on my models but I'm having trouble using it to hide associations.
I have a project model and a post model. They partially look like this.
class Project <…

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Protector: cannot update id of associated model
Basically, this code should allow creation of url with desired url_type, but although user can read UrlType, it can't set it via update action. The error is 'Url type is invalid'
class UrlsController < ApplicationController
before_filter…

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how to protect or compress visual basic 6 compiled exe file?
I compiled a vb6 project.
I need to protect exe file with protector or compressor so that users can not unresource that.
please help me to find free softwares for that.

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How to restrict model based on association using Protector?
Taken from: https://github.com/inossidabile/protector/issues/10
I want to be able to set permissions based on a joining table.
so...
Post.restrict!(current_user).joins(:category)
In this situation the current user doesn't have direct access to…

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Gigya API keeps browser login details
I'm having issue in clearing logged in details. actually i'm running test suit where multiple test scenario are there. on each test scenario run i'm clearing the browser cookies and session related information by using
await…

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