Re: [Koha] Is Koha plugin system safe?

2020-04-16 Thread dcook
Systems Librarian Prosentient Systems 72/330 Wattle St Ultimo, NSW 2007 Australia Office: 02 9212 0899 Online: 02 8005 0595 -Original Message- Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 03:28:34 -0700 (MST) From: Michał Dudzik To: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: [Koha] Is Koha plugin system safe? Message-ID

Re: [Koha] Is Koha plugin system safe?

2020-04-16 Thread Jonathan Druart
Hi Michal, It depends on the plugin :) A plugin can do almost everything it wants, so you should only install plugins you really trust. And you should give the permissions to manage them to librarians you really trust as well. I should add that plugins are almost never reviewed (by the QA team

[Koha] Is Koha plugin system safe?

2020-04-16 Thread Michał Dudzik
The koha plug-in system enables easy system expansion with an additional non-standard function. I have received several queries from librarians about the security of the plug-in system. Personally, I have not observed any problems, so I would like to ask if using the plug-in system is safe?