From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from bar.sig21.net ([80.81.252.164]:43881 "EHLO bar.sig21.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755167AbZD0WN7 (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:13:59 -0400 Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:14:16 +0200 From: Johannes Stezenbach To: "H. Langos" Cc: linux-media@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: wiki on linixtv.org locked Message-ID: <20090427221416.GA22707@linuxtv.org> References: <20090427164321.GN2895@www.viadmin.org> <20090427173741.GA20847@linuxtv.org> <20090427202925.GO2895@www.viadmin.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090427202925.GO2895@www.viadmin.org> Sender: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 10:29:25PM +0200, H. Langos wrote: > > the next step would be to update the mediwiki software to 1.11.1 if you have > $wgEnableAPI = true, that is. (i know it is only a XSS that hits internet > explorer users .. but hey, they are people, too ;-) I will update to 1.14.0. This is the current version, and it is also used by wiki.kernel.org (there is a secret plan to eventually move the wiki there). And all the shiny new anti-spam extensions don't seem to work with 1.11 anymore... > if i remember right, the linuxtv wiki only allows editing to registered > users. therefore you could simply temporarily disable new user registration > and enable editing again for registered users. I will do the update first. > then i'd suggest installing the reCAPTCHA extention. not only will it > prevent bots from registering, you also help to digitize old books. > > http://recaptcha.net/plugins/mediawiki/ Looked at that and noticed they don't provide any statement regarding confidentiality / data protection. Who knows if they aren't creating a huge database of who did what in Wikis and Blogs around the net... Besides that, this wouldn't have stopped the present attack since the bot used does a manual login assisted by a human user. To thwart that I'd have to enable the captcha for every page save... Johannes