Stott Security 2.8

[GeekInTheNorth]

v2.8

This release is now available on the following nuget feeds:

nuget.org
nuget.optimizely.com
api.nuget.optimizely.com

Please note that this version of Stott Security has essential performance improvements in terms of caching and database access. Optimizely uses databases scaled to approximately 120 simultaneous connections and use an aggressive caching strategy to increase performance and reduce database hits. In version 2.7.0 or lower, busy websites could encounter issues with the database connection limit being hit. In version 2.8.0 I have introduced a heavy caching strategy and used lazy loaded repositories to improve performance and to eliminate needless database connections. Please consider it a must to upgrade to 2.8.2 or later.

Features

• Switch bootstrap tabs for standard Optimizely Menus #232
  • Rebuilt the menus to utilize the standard Optimizely Menus. This will create a more consistent browsing journey moving between sections of the module.
• Improve usage of Caching and Lazy Loading of the DbContext #235
  • Increase usage of caching when loading configuration to improve performance.
  • Use Lazy Loaded DbContext so that the context is not activated or injected until it is absolutely required.

Bugs

• MissingMethodException #230
  • Updated the dependencies for Microsoft.EntityframeworkCore.SqlServer to target 7.x.x+
    • To support breaking changes for Entity Framework moving from v6 to v7 within .NET 6.0
  • Updated the dependencies for EPiServer.CMS.UI.Core to target 12.27.0+
• CMS Gadget Widget does not work with Opti Id #237
  • Updated the CMS Gadget to be compatible with Opti Id
  • A custom implementation of IFrameComponentAttribute has been created which will extract the roles from the security profile to ensure only users that have access to Stott Security can access the gadget.

Hotfix v2.8.1

• Nonce value not being added #245
  • Add a sort order to the Nonce Tag Helper so that both it and the standard .NET Script Tag Helper can both operate on the same script tag.

Hotfix v2.8.2

• Nonce Provider returns null when used in the context of a block #249
  • Update Nonce Provider so that it generates a value when any content type is in the content render context.
    • This was previously returning a value only when a PageData object was in the content render context.
      • This was to handle the CMS backend not supporting Nonce attributes.
      • This prevented the use of the Nonce Provider within the render context for a block.
    • This change supports updating the content of an Embed Block to add a nonce to script and style tags.

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This discussion was created from the release Stott Security 2.8.0.0.

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