Elixir Mentor Michael Lubas on Securing & Deploying Elixir Apps
Sep 10, 2024
Michael Lubas, CEO of Paraxial.io and a specialist in security solutions, joins the discussion to reveal essential strategies for securing Elixir applications. He highlights the importance of preventing SQL injection, remote code execution, and cross-site scripting. The conversation underscores the need for developer-friendly security tools that foster proactive approaches to cybersecurity. With insights on integrating security protocols and the role of hosting platforms like Gigalixir, developers gain valuable knowledge to enhance their app deployments.
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Start Using Paraxial From Day One
- Use Praxial early and on noncommercial Elixir projects to learn security affordably.
- Michael Lubas offers a free tier that gives bot defense and code scans without high traffic ingestion costs so hobby projects can get protected.
Free Tier Works By Avoiding Traffic Ingestion Costs
- Free tiers can be viable by limiting high-cost operations like traffic ingestion while still offering developer-facing features.
- Praxial gives bot defense without ingesting raw traffic, keeping server costs low but useful for learning and adoption.
New Phoenix Host Got Bot Scans Within Four Hours
- Jacob integrated Praxial into a newly built Phoenix web hosting platform and saw bot hits within four hours of opening the IP.
- He watched logs show WordPress probe paths getting blocked, illustrating immediate real-world bot traffic on new hosts.