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1. Add the following to your LocalSettings.php: | 1. Add the following to your LocalSettings.php: | ||
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// Alternatively, you can use this function to further anonymize, but it makes it harder to ban robots: dmY = new ID per day, WY = per week. | // Alternatively, you can use this function to further anonymize, but it makes it harder to ban robots: dmY = new ID per day, WY = per week. | ||
//$key = $IP.'PUT RANDOM TEXT HERE'.gmdate('dmY'); | //$key = $IP.'PUT RANDOM TEXT HERE'.gmdate('dmY'); | ||
return 'ID:'.substr( | return 'ID:'.substr(password_hash($key, PASSWORD_DEFAULT), 'id'), 8, 8); // uses bcrypt level 10 | ||
} | } | ||
</pre> | </pre> | ||
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The ID is a truncated hash, which, although it increases the risk of collisions, that may be a benefit rather than a liability when it comes to IPs. http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=111524 | The ID is a truncated hash, which, although it increases the risk of collisions, that may be a benefit rather than a liability when it comes to IPs. http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=111524 | ||
{{Warning| | {{Warning|Beware that hashing is [https://www.phillips321.co.uk/2012/04/04/cracking-an-md5-of-an-ip-address/ not a completely safe way to protect IPs], but if you use a good salt and bcrypt it can stop attackers for a few years.}} | ||
{{Note|Obviously you'd change the "PUT RANDOM TEXT HERE" to some random text: this functions as the salt and reduces the risk of brute force attacks. Just bang on the keyboard for a bit, or if you want to be truly random, get an RNG or just roll some dice.}} | {{Note|Obviously you'd change the "PUT RANDOM TEXT HERE" to some random text: this functions as the salt and reduces the risk of brute force attacks. Just bang on the keyboard for a bit, or if you want to be truly random, get an RNG or just roll some dice.}} | ||
Revision as of 19:52, 9 December 2016
Here's the gist of my anon ID hack to MediaWiki. I can't really package it as an extension or anything because it involves hacking things that apparently aren't supposed to be hacked, but it's not hard to do. - Halcy
1. Add the following to your LocalSettings.php:
// you can leave anon talk pages on, but you'll
// likely end up with useless crud after IDs expire
$wgDisableAnonTalk = true;
function AnonUsername($IP) {
$key = $IP.'PUT RANDOM TEXT HERE';
// Alternatively, you can use this function to further anonymize, but it makes it harder to ban robots: dmY = new ID per day, WY = per week.
//$key = $IP.'PUT RANDOM TEXT HERE'.gmdate('dmY');
return 'ID:'.substr(password_hash($key, PASSWORD_DEFAULT), 'id'), 8, 8); // uses bcrypt level 10
}
The ID is a truncated hash, which, although it increases the risk of collisions, that may be a benefit rather than a liability when it comes to IPs. http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=111524
2. In includes/user/User.php, (Mediawiki 1.27.1: getName() Line 2109) find the line that says:
$this->mName = IP::sanitizeIP( $this->getRequest()->getIP() );
and change it to:
$this->mName = AnonUsername( $this->getRequest()->getIP() );
3. In includes/user/User.php, (Mediawiki 1.27.1: getBlockedStatus() Line 1600) find the line that says:
: IP::sanitizeIP( $wgUser->getRequest()->getIP() );
and change it to:
: AnonUsername( $this->getRequest()->getIP() );
You will need to repeat this mod whenever you update MediaWiki, since obviously an update replaces the system files. And of course the lines may vary, but have generally been similar.
aa tags
On a slightly related note, I hacked an extension together for <aa> tags.
- Music:DQN-kun / >>6 is not a panda
