[Mailman-Users] encrypted passwords/German "Datenschutzgesetz"

[Johannes Posel]

Dear Sven,

On 23:31 14.05.2003, you [Sven Köhler (skoehler at upb.de)] wrote...

> in Germany there is a Law that forced any application to store the
> passwords encrypted. In all Mailman-Version i know, there is the 

Which §§?

> This makes it unusable for German custumers that respect that law.

No, it doesn't. The law wants that the business takes care about the
data. Use a secure server, perhaps only running Mailman, to which no
unauthorized person has access, and you're fine.

Cheers,
 Johannes                            mailto:jposel at zedat.fu-berlin.de

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