I've committed these changes
- Default HMAC password is the application root package (so at least
each app will have a different value)
- AlertManager.error() called as well as logger.error()

On Sat, Oct 6, 2012 at 3:21 PM, Massimo Lusetti <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 6, 2012 at 3:01 AM, Howard Lewis Ship <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>> Although I'm with Massimo on the random HMAC pass phrase, I don't
>>> think the question should hold up a release. Having *some* HMAC
>>> solution in place soon is important.
>>
>> I think having a random key is going to give people a false sense of
>> security ("look, I don't even need to configure anything") and then
>> big headaches ("why do some of my forms blow up with this HMAC
>> thing?").
>
> I don't want to transform this in a "bikeshed color" discussion but
> having a random key or something along that way is far more secure
> then the current default.
>
>> The current solution runs, but emits the error that things could be more 
>> secure.
>
> To my eyes this is a "false sense of security"
>
>> I'm really thinking about using the AlertManager to force this into
>> the developer's face.
>
> I'd vote for that.
>
> Cheers
> --
> Massimo
> http://meridio.blogspot.com
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