lib/escape_utils.rb in escape_utils-0.1.8 vs lib/escape_utils.rb in escape_utils-0.1.9

@@ -2,9 +2,21 @@
 
 require 'escape_utils_ext'
 
 EscapeUtils.send(:extend, EscapeUtils)
 module EscapeUtils
-  VERSION = "0.1.8"
+  VERSION = "0.1.9"
+
+  # turn on/off the escaping of the '/' character during HTML escaping
+  # Escaping '/' is recommended by the OWASP - http://www.owasp.org/index.php/XSS_(Cross_Site_Scripting)_Prevention_Cheat_Sheet#RULE_.231_-_HTML_Escape_Before_Inserting_Untrusted_Data_into_HTML_Element_Content
+  # This is because quotes around HTML attributes are optional in most/all modern browsers at the time of writing (10/15/2010)
+  @@html_secure = true
+
+  def self.html_secure
+    @@html_secure
+  end
+  def self.html_secure=(val)
+    @@html_secure = val
+  end
 
   autoload :HtmlSafety, 'escape_utils/html_safety'
 end
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