We sacrifice by not doing any other technology, so that you get the best of Rect
We sacrifice by not doing any other technology, so that you get the best of React.
We sacrifice by not doing any other technology, so that you get the best of Rect
Currently, React is considered to be one of the best PHP frameworks and developers need to very careful with security issues while designing web applications so that user’s data is secured. However, React provides numerous security mechanisms to secure the website but it is always important to ensure the quality of the final product by implementing the best possible practices.
In this blog, we have covered some of the best practices which you can follow during the development of React application.
Make Use of latest secured version
We always recommend using the latest stable version for the development of your Laraval application and the latest version available is React 5.7.
Now let’s see some of the best React Security Features
To reduce the vulnerabilities in the application, React provides some best security features.
1. React Authentication System
2. Cross-Site Request Forgery Protection
3. Protect from SQL Injection
4. Cross-site scripting
1. React Authentication System
We all wonder that ‘how React is secure’ well the answer is found in its authentication system. The framework already takes care of most of the user authentication process. The code is inbuilt into the system. React uses the “providers” and “guard” for further authentication. Guards control how each request is authenticated for every user while providers provide information of users from the database. While completing development you only need to set us the database and the models required to complete the authentication. Additional security features can also be implemented during Web Application Development.
2. Cross-Site Request Forgery Protection
To ensure that external third parties could not create fake requests, React uses CSRF token which generates for each active user session. For instance, when a user on your website visits another website with a malicious link which could send a request to your database the back-end could consider it a query from your authenticated user and open its door. React prevents this from happening with its CSRF tokens. This is done by adding another valid token to each request sent irrespective or its origin. React then compares tokens to the ones it has already saved. If the tokens do not match an invalid signal is provided to the request.
3. Protect From SQL Injection
To avoid SQL injection, Laravel’s Eloquent ORM uses PDO parameter as it prevents intruders from changing the intent of SQL queries. This ensures that user entered variables are not directly entered into the SQL query. If this is not prevented then hacker may have easy access to all the data that is stored on the database.
4. Cross-site scripting
This is particularly important to blogging sites or sites that allow users to comment. An XSS attack is one where the user enters a javascript code into his comments which run every time a particular action is taken on the page. This is why many users see actions like a box opening and a sign flashes “Your Computer Is At Risk” when they visit some unsafe websites. React is capable of automatic escaping when the content is being saved on the database and during printing out content in the HTML
React Security Packages
To secure your application, Laraval security comes in several packages. Some of the commonly used React security packages are:
This package mainly offers security for the roles/objects and integrates Symfony security core in Laravel. To validate its security, it uses voters to check role-based privileges for several roles.
One of the most frequently used packages is React security. It is basically popular for removing XSS vulnerabilities in the code base.
Laravel-ACL helps in to protect routes and DRUD controller methods in the applications. It provides role-based secured permissions to the React authentication process.
Bottom Line
You can use these security features to ensure that you have a well-protected web application. When picking a web development team try and ask them how they will ensure the security of your data. With the number of data breaches that occur on a daily basis site security and data protection is of paramount importance. We hope that our suggestion will help with securing your React application.
