Well, make sure to participate in the development of the system then!

On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 3:12 PM, Daniel Friesen
<[email protected]> wrote:
> I still have the same stance on the topic as before:
> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.science.linguistics.wikipedia.technical/59502
>
> I really don't want MediaWiki to fall into the trap of implementing this in
> a way that ONLY works with OAuth 2, completely excludes other protocols
> (OAuth 1, signature based OAuth 2 if still around, something like Google
> 2-factor's app passwords, etc...), and doesn't include proper integration of
> logging what app makes what actions killing our ability to properly handle
> misbehaving apps.
>
>
> --
> ~Daniel Friesen (Dantman, Nadir-Seen-Fire) [http://daniel.friesen.name]
>
> On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:52:33 -0700, Chris Steipp <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Petr,
>>
>> OAuth is something we're committing to on the roadmap for Summer/Fall of
>> this year. So baring anything crazy occurring, oauth should be happening
>> over the next few months. I'm planning to help drive the process from
>> WMF's
>> side, but it's something I'm hoping some people in the community will also
>> take on and help with.
>>
>> I've heard the mobile, api, and labs all want oauth to help with their
>> projects. But can we start collecting specific user stories from anyone
>> who
>> wants to use oauth?
>>
>> It looks like most of the wikitech conversations have made it to
>> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/OAuth, but would someone be willing to make
>> sure it's up to date? I'll try to also get to over the next few days.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Chris
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 4:40 AM, Petr Bena <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Some updates on this? Is WMF or someone going to work on this or it's
>>> waiting for someone to start?
>>>
>>> On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 3:19 PM, Petr Bena <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> > Sorry, few typos:
>>> >
>>> > So, right now a question is if it's supposed to be implemented as
>>> > extension or in core, or both (in case extension can't be created now,
>>> > update core so that it's possible).
>>> >
>>> > ^ that's what I was about to say
>>> >
>>> > On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 3:17 PM, Petr Bena <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> >> So, right now a question is if it's supposed to be implemented as
>>> >> extension or in core, or both (in case extension can't be created now,
>>> >> updated core do that it's possible).
>>> >>
>>> >> I would rather make is as extension since there is a little benefit
>>> >> for most of mediawiki users in having this feature. I think it's
>>> >> better to keep only necessary stuff inside core and keep extra stuff
>>> >> as extensions.
>>> >>
>>> >> Is there any objection against implementing it as extension? Thanks
>>> >>
>>> >> On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 12:49 AM, John Erling Blad <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>> >>> Just as an idea, would it be possible for Wikimedia Foundation to
>>> >>> establish some kind of joint project with the SimpleSAMLphp-folks?
>>> >>> Those are basically Uninett, which is FEIDE, which is those that
>>> >>> handle identity federation for lots of the Norwegian schools,
>>> >>> colleges
>>> >>> and universities.. The SimpleSAML solution is in use in several other
>>> >>> projects/countries, not sure whats the current status. The platform
>>> >>> for FEIDE is also in use in several other countries so if the log on
>>> >>> problems in Norway are solved other countries will be able to use the
>>> >>> same solution.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Note also that OAuth 2.0 seems to be supported.
>>> >>>
>>> https://rnd.feide.no/2012/03/08/releasing-a-oauth-2-0-javascript-library/
>>> >>>
>>> >>> In april this year there is a conference GoOpen 2012
>>> >>> (http://www.goopen.no/) in Oslo and some folks from Wikimedia
>>> >>> Foundation is there, perhaps some folks from Uninett too? Could it be
>>> >>> possible for interested people to sit down and discuss wetter a joint
>>> >>> project is possible? Uninett is hiring for SimpleSAML development and
>>> >>> that could be interesting too!
>>> >>>
>>> >>> John
>>> >>>
>>> >>> On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 12:13 AM, Thomas Gries <[email protected]>
>>> >>> wrote:
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> There's really two separate things that these systems can do.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> The classic OAuth scenario is like this:
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> site A: Wikipedia
>>> >>>>  user A
>>> >>>> site B: Huggle
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Site B initiates a special login on site A using a shared secret; on
>>> >>>> success, site A passes back authentication tokens to site B which
>>> verify
>>> >>>> that user A allowed site B access.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Site B then uses those tokens when it accesses site A, in place of a
>>> >>>> username/password directly.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> OpenID, SAML, etc seem to be more appropriate for this scenario:
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> site A: Wikipedia
>>> >>>> site B: University
>>> >>>>  user B
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> These systems allow user B to verify their identity to site A; one
>>> >>>> possibility is to use this to associate a user A' with the remote
>>> user B,
>>> >>>> letting you use the remote ID verification in place of a local
>>> password
>>> >>>> authentication. (This is what our current OpenID extension does,
>>> basically.)
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> These are, IMO, totally separate use cases and I'm not sure they
>>> should be
>>> >>>> treated the same.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> The Extension:OpenID can be used for both cases ( given, that you
>>> >>>> set
>>> >>>> $wgOpenIDClientOnly = false; )
>>> >>>> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:OpenID .
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> "The extension makes a MediaWiki installation OpenID 2.0-aware and
>>> lets
>>> >>>> users log in using their OpenID identity - a special URL - instead
>>> >>>> of
>>> >>>> (or as an alternative to) standard username/password log in. In that
>>> >>>> way, the MediaWiki acts as Relying part (RP) = OpenID consumer.[1]
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> *As an option, it also allows the*_*MediaWiki to act as OpenID
>>> >>>> provider*, _so that users with an account on that wiki can use their
>>> >>>> userpage URL as OpenID with which they can log in to other
>>> OpenID-aware
>>> >>>> web sites."
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> set
>>> >>>> $wgOpenIDClientOnly = false;
>>> >>>> if you want this
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Tom.
>
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