[wikka-community] Q: How safe is it to store passwords in Wikka-Wiki?

Dario Taraborelli dartar
Wed May 14 16:32:48 GMT 2008


Mick,

thanks for the nice words.

if your server supports it you can just configure Wikka to use https  
simply by modifying your base_url in the configuration file.

See http://docs.wikkawiki.org/WikkaInstallation#hn_HTTPS

Hope this helps

Dario


On 14 May 2008, at 17:28, Micha?l Perez wrote:

> Hi guys,
>
> First of all, a very big thank you for wikka wiki. I've got a  
> personal wiki running, and since 6 months the company I work for has  
> agreed on a wiki trial. I can assure you they're hooked. Normal  
> people, no IT background are very happy to use it, at work, at home,  
> wireless. Even my girlfriend is using it :)
> Everybody loves it!
>
> Some of the users have been storing their user names & passwords in  
> a personal wikka page with the ACL specifically set to them only. I  
> reckon this is insecure, since the passwords are sent clear text to  
> the clients. I'm not very knowledgeable about https or SSL but would  
> it help if the wiki is run over a secure line? Can wikkawiki run via  
> https? Maybe I'm asking silly questions...
>
> Or maybe a totally different question... Do you know safe & robust  
> open source web password safe software?
>
> Thanks again for all the hard work. I (and everybody around me)  
> really appreciate it.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Mick
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