Setting Up SSL for an iPhone App - Hiding From Firesheep...

Njs5x

Users are the most valuable asset, yet, so many iPhone app's don't take advantage of HTTPS, leaving users totally exposed. I've been analyzing some of my favorite iPhone app's lately, and have walked away stunned at how many send my password in plain text and leave me open to session hijacking.

This is how I fixed that problem, step-by-step...

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iPhone, Meet Rails... Chat Amongst Yourselves...

Today's accomplishment is seemless iPhone to Rails communication. By taking advantage of the awesome iPhoneOnRails library, forking and updating the dead-simple Devise Authentication Gem, I'm able to use the iPhone as a thin client while keeping state and doing all of the heaving lifting server side.

Octosamurai

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