Update guide to reflect browser compatibility for HTTP verbs #28550
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Summary
This updates the security guide to reflect how most browsers now do support all restful HTTP verbs.
Other Information
I was reading up on CSRF because I have an API controller that didn't pass
brakeman
validation for not havingprotect_from_forgery
.I ended up on Rails Guides for how to handle CSRF and it says this (my emphasis):
Which I thought weird because it seemed to me that most browsers do currently support all RESTful methods. And MDN confirmed what I thought.
So I decided to update the text to say that Some legacy web browsers don't support the other methods.
I appreciate any improvements on the wording, especially because I'm not a native English speaker.