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[Discuss] Wiki Security Risk



MediaWiki software is very secure (from hackers, or general software
vulnerabilities) when properly setup, configured and maintained.  See
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Security for more info on how to
setup/secure LAMP and MediaWiki

There were only 5 vulnerability reports in 2013 against MediaWiki - with
details (severity, scope, type) here:
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/2546/?task=statistics_2013

MediaWiki software is not designed to manage fine-grained access control
over contents.  Therefore it would make a horrible customer account
reporting system for a bank.  If you want a MediaWiki with content-specific
authorization controls, read about how you'll be fighting the system
internals here:
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Security_issues_with_authorization_extensions

Quick tip: if you want to setup a public (or private) MediaWiki while
preventing spammers or non-authorized users from logging in and _creating_
content, then use the OpenID extension (
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:OpenID)

Greg

Greg Rundlett
http://eQuality-Tech.com
http://freephile.org



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