[ncolug] France Outlaws Hashed Passwords

  • From: Kory Pounds <kory.pounds@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: NCOLUG <ncolug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Naomi Somerlade <somerlade@xxxxxxxxx>, Thom Fabian <thomfabian@xxxxxxxxx>, Rob Whisler <robert.whisler@xxxxxxxxx>, Erica Johnson <bakerchik23@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2011 08:48:26 -0400

Everyone,

This French law would force storage of passwords as plain text. Even
though this is being employed only in France, I was outraged when I
heard of this. I originally saw this at Slashdot. What do you think of
it:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12983734

Kory Pounds

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