[olug] Why does OLUG use plain text passwords?

[Justin Reiners]

or change the emailed password to a hardcoded string of hunter2

On Tue, May 1, 2018 at 3:40 PM, Ben Hollingsworth <obiwan at jedi.com> wrote:

> Can we at least stop emailing out the plaintext passwords every month?
>
>
> On May 1, 2018 3:11:38 PM CDT, Benjamin Brinkman <ben at benjaminbrinkman.com>
> wrote:
> >I get that mailman has been the de facto standard for free software
> >projects for a long time, but there has to be a more secure
> >alternative by now. It's good that mailman is so ubiquitous because
> >that's a testament to its stability, but surely someone else has
> >achieved that along with better security by now.
> >
> >I have never run a mailing list so I have no specific suggestions.
> >Just pointing out that new things can emerge over time.
> >
> >On Tue, May 1, 2018 at 1:05 PM, Rex Dieter <rdieter at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> It's just standard mailman (mis)feature/bug.
> >>
> >> -- rex
> >>
> >> On Tue, May 1, 2018 at 2:57 PM Sasha Karcz <sasha at karcz.me> wrote:
> >>
> >>> In the olug.org mailing list memberships reminder emails, we get
> >sent our
> >>> email address as well as our password. This implies that olug stores
> >>> passwords in plain text. Why in 2018 are we doing that?
> >>>
> >>> Sent with [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com) Secure Email.
> >>> _______________________________________________
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> >>> OLUG at olug.org
> >>> https://www.olug.org/mailman/listinfo/olug
> >>>
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>
> --
> Ben "Obi-Wan" Hollingsworth
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