During the upgrade process to PR8 Update 7 you were presented with a warning:
We chose to highlight this warning for every customer who is upgrading regardless of their store configuration since it's not plausible for us to know if you have a custom integration either through Miva Merchant's API's or by directly connecting to the database that accesses and uses Customer Account information.
While we believe only a very small portion of our customers would be accessing the information in this way, we felt it was prudent to highlight it for everyone as a precaution.
If you do have a custom integration that relies on accessing unencrypted Customer Account information (this is the Account information your customers use to log in to their store and display their address information and Order History), you should not complete this upgrade until you can alter your integration to work with PR8 Update 7.
If you do not have any external applications or integrations which require access to unencrypted customer account information, then it's safe to click the Continue Installation button and upgrade your store to PR8 Update 7.
If you have any questions please reply to this Forum post and we'll be monitoring it specifically for PR8 Update 7 Upgrade questions.
In order to enhance security, PR8 Update 7 changes the way customer passwords are managed. Starting with this update, shopperpasswords are stored using the same encryption technique used for administrative passwords. During the update, the passwords for
all customer accounts will be encrypted. This process may take some time, depending on the number of customer accounts present.
Any external integrations that rely on customer passwords being stored unencrypted will no longer be able to access the decrypted
customer passwords. Most stores will not be affected, but if you are unsure, you should delay upgrading to PR8 Update 7 until you
have verified that you have no processes or integrations that rely on unencrypted customer passwords.
all customer accounts will be encrypted. This process may take some time, depending on the number of customer accounts present.
Any external integrations that rely on customer passwords being stored unencrypted will no longer be able to access the decrypted
customer passwords. Most stores will not be affected, but if you are unsure, you should delay upgrading to PR8 Update 7 until you
have verified that you have no processes or integrations that rely on unencrypted customer passwords.
While we believe only a very small portion of our customers would be accessing the information in this way, we felt it was prudent to highlight it for everyone as a precaution.
If you do have a custom integration that relies on accessing unencrypted Customer Account information (this is the Account information your customers use to log in to their store and display their address information and Order History), you should not complete this upgrade until you can alter your integration to work with PR8 Update 7.
If you do not have any external applications or integrations which require access to unencrypted customer account information, then it's safe to click the Continue Installation button and upgrade your store to PR8 Update 7.
If you have any questions please reply to this Forum post and we'll be monitoring it specifically for PR8 Update 7 Upgrade questions.
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