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security protection of the Web server, operating system and other components.
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281 | 281 | list`_ which identifies some common vulnerabilities in web applications. While |
282 | 282 | Django has tools to address some of the issues, other issues must be |
283 | 283 | accounted for in the design of your project. |
| 284 | * Django's dev server (as well as other application servers such as Gunicorn) |
| 285 | are vulnerable to `slow loris attacks`_. For this reason it is recommended |
| 286 | to use a reverse proxy (`like nginx`_) for your deployment. |
284 | 287 | |
285 | 288 | .. _LimitRequestBody: https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/core.html#limitrequestbody |
286 | 289 | .. _Top 10 list: https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Top_10-2017_Top_10 |
| 290 | .. _slow loris attacks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slowloris_(computer_security |
| 291 | .. _like nginx: https://uwsgi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/tutorials/Django_and_nginx.html#basic-nginx |