MN Brewers,
I just talked to Ryan about his concerns regarding the Renaissance
Contest website. Like Ryan, we are all concerned about the security of
people's passwords. Based on his input, we made a small change to our
process. I appreciate Ryan bringing this up and sharing his concerns!
Here's a few very important clarifications about Secure passwords and
the Renaissance Contest website.
The system provides secure storage of passwords in MD5 encrypted
format. Your password is NOT in danger of being hacked / stolen /
misplaced!
The Drupal community provides timely security updates for Drupal
websites, that's why we are using it. The site is up to date with all
security fixes in place.
As part of the registration process, we WERE emailing account
credentials back to participants. As Ryan stated (and I completely
agree), this is NOT secure. We have changed the emails so that the site
is no longer sending the password in the registration email.
I also agree with Ryan about passwords - don't use the same password for
all your accounts!
If you have concerns about your password on the site, it's very easy to
change it. Just log into the website, and visit the account page:
http://www.rennfestbeercup.com/user
Click the edit tab and update your password.
If you have concerns about the security of the site, feel free to
contact me via email or phone:
Wilbur Ince
651.488.6112
Byggvir's Big Beer Cup Webmaster
On 09/12/2011 01:32 PM, Ryan Sinn wrote:
Just an FYI:
In my opinion, don't use a password you currently use (or anything
similar to something you would like to use) for Byggvir's website
registration.
The
rennfestbeercup.com site is storing your Byggvir login credentials
in plain text and then mailing it back to you (in plain text) via email.
It's ripe to get hacked / stolen / misplaced and the password + email
will be available to unencrypted.
I emailed them about it a few weeks ago and haven't heard back.
It's a really unfortunate information security situation.
Website is great otherwise!
Ryan
On 9/12/2011 9:31 AM, Mike Behrendt wrote:
FYI - Get your entries in for Renn Fest!!!
//Mike Behrendt
*From:*Eric Wentling [mailto:jackofallbrews@yahoo.com]
*Sent:* Monday, September 12, 2011 9:03 AM
*To:* Michael Behrendt
*Subject:* Byggvir Deadline today!
Hey Mike,
Could you pass this on to the MHBA?
Hey fellow homebrewers! Byggvir's Big Beer Cup registration and
deadline is tonight! We only need a few more beers to break 150
entries, so help us out! Drop off at Northern Brewer and Midwest
until close today, and register and pay at
www.rennfestbeercup.com
<http://www.rennfestbeercup.com>.
Thanks to those of you who have already put in beers, meads and
ciders and those who have signed up to volunteer!
--Eric Wentling
Organizer
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