Re: Wiki ACL's

Rahul Sundaram wrote: I don't see a need to reduce the access limitations. The system we have now works well, and requiring registration give us a point of contact for every wiki contributor. They must be able to contact us, and us contact them, before they are able to make changes and contribute. I think this is extremely valuable. The fact that they have to make human contact also ensures that no bots can register and muck things up. Since there is nothing wrong with the current system, I also don't see why we would want to open up significant portions of the site to defacement. It wouldn't take much for the site to be horribly mangled by a bot if it is so open. The method we have now is quite open, someone only needs to make contact before they are allowed to make changes. If anything, I would suggest we further tighten restrictions on key pages. There are certain sections of the site I could agree to opening up further, but I would still want to require registration. This was our idea with the drafts section for the FDP. It's standard security practice: you start with no access and allow only what is needed. -- Patrick "The N-Man" Barnes nman64(a)n-man.com http://www.n-man.com/ -- Have I been helpful? Rate my assistance! http://rate.affero.net/nman64/