Mediawiki security

Discussion in 'Security' started by Namesniper, Sep 26, 2006.

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    Has anyone tried Mediawiki wiki script and heard anything about its security ?

    I am wondering how secure that script is.
     
    Namesniper, Sep 26, 2006 IP
  2. TwistMyArm

    TwistMyArm Peon

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    You've got to assume it's relatively secure... I haven't heard too many cases of wikipedia.org being hacked!
     
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  3. macromind

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    it is fairly secure but I had to put a .htaccess to make realy secure...

    macromind
     
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  4. Namesniper

    Namesniper Well-Known Member

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    Which instructions you have put there ?
     
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  5. penagate

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    G'day

    I used the rewrite trick same as Wikipedia.

    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteRule ^wiki/(.*)$ wiki_data/index.php?title=$1 [L,QSA]
    
    Code (markup):
    wiki_data being the folder containing the actual Mediawiki installation. You will also need to edit the localconfig file to reflect the rewritten article base URL.

    Note that this doesn't stop people going in through the non-rewritten URL so it's no improvement on security. That having been said I believe MediaWiki is pretty solid.

    Regards
    - P
     
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  6. Namesniper

    Namesniper Well-Known Member

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    Thanks for info
     
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