[Hirtius-discuss] [ANNOUNCEMENT] Public release of Project Hirtius v1.04

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To whom this may concern.

I'm pleased to announce the immediate availability of the latest upgrade 
of Project Hirtius (v1.04).

Hirtius is a web-based historical research assistant created by Les
Ateliers du Heron. Its goal is to replace the historian's notebook and
box of cards, while providing a collaborative work environment for a
whole team of researchers, that can be thought of as a purpose-built CMS
cross-bred with a digital pictures management system, a genealogy
application and a Wiki.

Eventually, based on the information you stored in the application, and
the links you created between the various data elements, Hirtius will
also help you prepare the draft version of your scholarly papers.


The main improvements in v1.04 are:
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- Moved to using the stronger 'bcrypt' algorithm for password hashing 
  instead of MD5 ('-B' option to 'htpasswd').
  /!\ Existing passwords stored as MD5 hashes will still work. The use of the
  new algorithm will only be enforced on a user when he changes his password
  (or on new accounts when they are created).
- Replaced the unsafe "batch mode" ('-b' parameter) of 'htpasswd' calls
  by '-i': instead of providing the passwords on the command-line (thereby
  very briefly exposing their clear text), they are now securely read from 
  <stdin>.

+ many other bug fixes and enhancements...


For a complete list of changes in this version, please refer to the
'Changelog' file, provided both as part of the distribution archive and
on the project web site (see below).

If you already installed an earlier release of the software, please 
refer to the 'UPGRADE' document (available in the same locations as the
'Changelog'). As the current release contains several security fixes,
upgrading to it is strongly recommended.

For more information about the program, please visit the application
home page:

<https://hirtius.sourceforge.io/>;

To download the installation archive, please visit the SourceForge
project page:

<https://sourceforge.net/projects/hirtius/>;

and click on the "Files" tab.

Any question or comment is always welcome.

Ph. A.