[Mediawiki-l] Need to restrict areas of a wiki by user

[Bob Bader]

My boss had me implement a wiki (media wiki 1.63) n Mac Os X and we  
have restricted it so users have to log in with these settings in the  
localsettings.php
-----------
$wgWhitelistRead = array( "Main Page", "Special:Userlogin" );
$wgGroupPermissions['*']['read'] = false;
-------------------


Now my boss wants to limit certain areas/pages of the wiki to  
specified users.

Is there an easy way to do this?

I was looking at the extension PageProtection

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/PageProtection

But it appears I will have to re install PHP with  some new modules  
for the encryption.


Is there any easier way to  restrict access to a page for only  
certain users?


Thanks


Bob