14 Jan
2015
14 Jan
'15
1:48 p.m.
On 01/14/2015 04:18 PM, Sean Caron wrote:
You must be having a bad day? If the impression of
these statements is to
make people think you're a big guy, I think they're having the opposite
effect. I mean, using your personal resources to blow away a hobbyist
offering to help another hobbyist, wow, impressive. If you really want to
crush it, why don't I set up a Mediawiki from scratch and your staff, or
even better, you personally can own me? Root shell. Up for it?
Best,
Sean
Sean, what is your beef? Jay is just trying to be a nice guy. And he
usually succeeds.
However, you are coming across as an a-hole.
On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 3:53 PM, Jay West <jwest at
classiccmp.org> wrote:
> Sean wrote...
> Please explain what significant system security issues you believe follow
> from hosting a MediaWiki? I wrangle many of them so I'm always interested
> in hearing criticism of the software.
> ------
>
> how about google "Mediawiki security vulnerabilities". Most anyone that
> even touches mediawiki in a cursory fashion is aware there are frequent
> issues with it.
>
> Better yet, go to CVE and see the current list of exploits?
>
> We do host hundreds of mediawiki sites, so we're up on the issues and how
> to prevent them. It helps to have a staff dedicated to this.
>
> J
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