[Open Office] Wiki defacement

[suka]

On Tue, 2005-08-30 at 10:51 -0700, Leibowitz, Michael wrote:
> As many of you have seen, the go-oo wiki has been defaced.  Because of
> the versioning nature of wiki, it was simple to revert the changes
> (kudos to Kendy and Henrycruther).  I have temporarily blocked the
> offending user.  If he is determined, he will return and there is only
> so much we can do to stop him.  New users can be added by simply coming
> up with a new identity.  IP numbers and rangers can be blocked, but in
> the world of dynamic IP's, it's a crapshoot.
> 
> Defacement is the price of openness, I'm afraid.  We have a few options:
> 1) protect the main page, which will only allow admins to edit it.  This
> will make defacement less attractive, because it won't be on the main
> page.
> 
> 2) make new users moderated, in that the admins will have to create user
> accounts by request
> 
> 3) be vigilant and simply revert changes as they happen
> 
> Your thoughts appreciated.

Very, very sad.

Anyway, even if it is a loss in freedom, I would go straight for
solution 2, as such attacks certainly will get more frequent in the
future. Also let's be honest how many bypassers are going to contribute
to a developer-wiki anyway?

bye
Andreas
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Andreas Proschofsky
Gentoo Developer / OpenOffice.org
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