14 Jan
2015
14 Jan
'15
1:18 p.m.
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
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.
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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