The January 2018 Kitewheel release brings together several streams of work that we have been performing on the back end and the underlying user interface technology. A lot of these changes have no immediate noticeable user interface impact but set us up well for what is coming in future releases.
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Kitewheel now enforces a stricter password policy than it did before. All passwords in Kitewheel must now meet the following requirements:
- At least 8 characters - though we would encourage longer ones if possible - up to a maximum of 50 characters
- Contain one lower case letter, contain one upper case letter, one digit and one of the characters: !@#$%^&*
- Can not be a password that has been used in the five previous passwords
Password Expiry
Passwords will now expire after 90 days and you will be asked to choose a new password when you log in:
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The former is always preferred as it improves deliverability.
Spectre and Meltdown
As part of this release process all possible security patches and updates have been applied throughout the Kitewheel hub to protect against the idnetified Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities. Kitewheel will continue to track these issues and patch systems appropriately.
Front-End Package Upgrade
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