Password encryption

In Release 8.5, the password credentials are protected by encryption. Passwords are hashed and salted with random values to ensure that they are secure.

How it affects you

Passwords for existing users are not encrypted by the upgrade process. However, if you edit a user's information or create a new user, the user's password is encrypted in the database. If you want to use plain text passwords, implement the following user exits to validate and store passwords as plain text:

Migration strategy

This section describes the automated and manual migration processes for this functionality.

Automated migration processes

None.

Manual migration processes

None.