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configuration:user_privacy [2018/06/01 12:50] – [Password Security] demiankatzconfiguration:user_privacy [2022/09/13 09:41] (current) – emaijala
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 ===== Password Security ===== ===== Password Security =====
  
-VuFind supports the unencrypted storage of user credentials in the database. This is useful for backward compatibility when migrating from VuFind 1.x but its use under any other circumstances is **STRONGLY** discouraged. When you set up VuFind using the web-based installation process, the "security" check will automatically set up password hashing and encryption for you.+VuFind supports the unencrypted storage of user credentials in the database. This is useful for backward compatibility when migrating from pre-2.0 versions of VuFind, but its use under any other circumstances is **STRONGLY** discouraged. When you set up VuFind using the web-based installation process, the "security" check will automatically set up password hashing and encryption for you.
  
 When hashing and encryption is enabled, note that user passwords and ILS credentials are handled differently: When hashing and encryption is enabled, note that user passwords and ILS credentials are handled differently:
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 When an ILS (Integrated Library System) is integrated with VuFind, VuFind stores the user's ILS credentials in order to facilitate convenient access to ILS functionality without repeatedly prompting for a secondary login. Unless configured otherwise, these credentials are stored in an encrypted format in the database, and are only decrypted by VuFind on demand in order to access ILS functionality. When an ILS (Integrated Library System) is integrated with VuFind, VuFind stores the user's ILS credentials in order to facilitate convenient access to ILS functionality without repeatedly prompting for a secondary login. Unless configured otherwise, these credentials are stored in an encrypted format in the database, and are only decrypted by VuFind on demand in order to access ILS functionality.
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 +===== Cookie Consent =====
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 +Starting with VuFind 9.0 it is possible to enable a [[configuration:cookie_consent|Cookie Consent]] prompt.
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 +===== Privacy Policy =====
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 +Starting with VuFind 9.0 there's a template for a static privacy policy page at themes/bootstrap3/templates/content/privacy.phtml. It also includes the code required to display current cookie consent information, and is by default linked to from the cookie consent prompt. You can copy and modify the file and create language versions as required. See [[configuration:static_pages|Static Pages]] for more information.
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configuration/user_privacy.1527857430.txt.gz · Last modified: 2018/06/01 12:50 by demiankatz