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>> That's a very recommended step when you wish to upgrade PHP (to take a backup and if something goes wrong, to restore it later on the new server... Do you understand that as a new install or move? If YES then you must prevent data lost because the encryption (just my opinion!)I knew that the secret key could change if you move the site, but it never happened to change when you UPGRADE it... this is a very annoying behaviour of Joomla... -.-
>> No problem to wait as far as you may need if finally will be SAFE (if no other way than to have SECRETKEY mandatory... wy not to add an option at the 'tracktime' backend panel where the final user could set its own 'SECRETKEY instead than to use the default Joomla! one)I will add this option FOR SURE in future releases, moreover I'll save the config key, since it seems that the Joomla standard one is not reliable.
>> I think, I have answed at the point 1) answer..., Isn't it?Just to know, when you performed these changes, did you restore a backup on your site, or simply upgraded it?
I'm asking it since the only point where I can find the secret key changing is while installing...
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as Nicholas from Akeeba Backup confirmed, if you restore your site the secret key will changeYour secret will also change when you restore an Akeeba Backup archive; having the same secret across different sites is a security risk.
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Your secret will also change when you restore an Akeeba Backup archive; having the same secret across different sites is a security risk.
as Nicholas from Akeeba Backup confirmed, if you restore your site the secret key will change
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