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Improve SAML replay docs (#784)
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potential security vulnerability, due to its dependency on Nokogiri. Such warnings can
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be ignored; Ruby SAML uses Nokogiri in a safe way, by always disabling its DTDLOAD option
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and enabling its NONET option.
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- **Prevent Replay attacks:** A replay attack is when an attacker intercepts a valid SAML
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assertion and "replays" it at a later time to gain unauthorized access. The `ruby-saml`
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library provides the tools to prevent this, but **you, the developer, must implement thecore logic**, see an specific section later in the README.
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- **Prevent Replay attacks:** A replay attack occurs when an attacker intercepts
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a valid SAML assertion and reuses it to gain unauthorized access. The
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`ruby-saml` library provides tools to help mitigate this risk, but **it is
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your responsibility to implement the necessary logic.** See
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[Preventing Replay Attacks](#preventing-replay-attacks) for additional
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guidance.
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