FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Rattic, pfft, what kind of name is that?

It is the result of @zemmiph0bia watching far too much "Bananas in Pyjamas" as a child. There was a character called 'Rat in a Hat', a dastardly fellow who used to frequently say 'Trust me, I'm a rat'. Ultimately, you store precious things in an attic and usually rats tend to reside in attics. Thus, Rattic.

Why is there no encryption?

Early on we decided to eliminate the complexity involved with encrypting passwords in the database on a per-row or per column method. Ultimately doing it this way would have crippled the ability to search, increased the complexity of the codebase and not gained much. This is especially true if you try to store the encryption keys on the user's machine and not the server. Eventually we came to the conclusion that it was best to insist that users install their database on an encrypted volume.

What about encryption to the client?

We recommend that users install the server in such a way that it will only serve pages over HTTPS. This makes sure that the passwords are not visible to anyone while in transit, and also ensures that they have not changed in transit.

The documentation is wrong!

Okay, relax, no need for exclamations. We host our documentation on GitHub in the built in Wiki section. You can view the latest documentation, and make edits where appropriate, by visiting this page. Your changes will be packaged up along with the next release of RatticWeb. There is a link on the bottom of each help page that links to the latest version in the wiki.