"Brion Vibber" brion@pobox.com wrote in message news:458B072A.6010108@pobox.com...
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Mark Clements wrote:
Yes, but the transwiki is an _import_, not an _export_ process (i.e. you perform the operation from the target wiki), so how can this process
perform
the remote delete without compromising security?
Perhaps I do not understand how transwiki works. Is it possible for me,
on
my private wiki, to set up WP as an import source for transwiki?
Yes.
Well, in that case it would be very dangerous if the import option allowed importers to delete from the source wiki, and single-user sign-on does not help in this case. Either the user isn't verified, in which case users of the remote wiki can delete WP content willy nilly (even if not registered), or the importer has to enter their Wikipedia username & password at the target wiki, and thus give these details to the administrator of that wiki (or a malicious extension writer).
- Mark Clements (HappyDog)