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Security

This category covers all issues related to security. This includes both at the server level and in your code.

Problems

How do I reset the ColdFusion Administrator password?
If you forget the password to your ColdFusion MX Administrator, navigate to the cfusionmx7/lib folde...

How do I use encryption in ColdFusion?
ColdFusion makes it simply to use encryption to protect sensitive data. The basic process to encrypt...

How do you force an application to use SSL?
If you want to force your application (or a portion of it) to use SSL, you can simply check one of t...

Is there a way to determine the name of a user authenticated by the web server?
If the web server authenticates a user, it should provide that information to ColdFusion which will ...