The ImpressCMS Project (www.impresscms.org) proudly announces a stable release of ImpressCMS 1.1.3. This release is a security update for the PHP OpenID and Smarty libraries included with the ImpressCMS core, no new features have been introduced.

Since its beginning, the developers of ImpressCMS have made security a  priority - continually auditing existing code and testing new code for stronger security measures.

Some of the security 'best practices' that have made their way into ImpressCMS are

• Creating a trust_path outside the web root (when possible) during installation, making sensitive database credentials inaccessible to a web browser
  
• Using a 2-part encryption key to protect passwords stored in the database
  
• Using HTML Purifier to filter input and output and remove malicious and unauthorized code
  
• Providing a version checker for the core, allowing you to keep your site up-to-date much easier
  
• Providing multiple methods of password encryption to increases the difficulty of decrypting passwords
  

Download this version

You can download ImpressCMS 1.1.3 Final from our SourceForge repository

Installing/Upgrading

For installation instructions for a brand new site - use the Installation Guide

For upgrading an existing site - here is the Upgrade Guide

If you have questions about installation or upgrading your site, visit the forums - someone will be glad to help!

Connect with ImpressCMS in a variety of ways:

* Ohloh project
* Facebook group
* Facebook fans page
* LinkedIn group
* Delicious
* Flickr
* YouTube
* Last.FM
* ImpressCMS Toolbar

Contact:
The ImpressCMS Project
Simon (madfish) and Steve (skenow)
Spokespersons
press@impresscms.org