https://blog.bigballofwax.co.nz Just random ranting and raving Mon, 31 Mar 2014 18:49:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ https://s0.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png https://blog.bigballofwax.co.nz https://blog.bigballofwax.co.nz/2014/04/01/koha-dropping-security-support/ https://blog.bigballofwax.co.nz/2014/04/01/koha-dropping-security-support/#respond Mon, 31 Mar 2014 18:49:02 +0000 http://blog.bigballofwax.co.nz/?p=3046 Continue reading "Koha dropping security support"]]> The Koha developers and users have decided that security and privacy of libraries and their users data is no longer a concern. When asked about this decision, Chris Cormack, one of the original Koha developers said: “Naw, it’s not really an issue anymore”. When pressed about the decision to store users passwords in plain text after 15 years of encryption/hashing, he said “Hey, if no one else is going to bother safeguarding the data, why should we ?”

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