The idea would be very very easy.
Use mod_rewrite on apaches for mapping
https://login.wikipedia.org/{countrycode}/wiki/Special:UserLogin into
http://{countrycode}.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:UserLogin.
You've got to use domain-wide cookies for that, but that may be ok, though some user
code has to be reviewed (I wasn't hacking it too much before, but as far as I
remember, there may be some places, requiring attention, as well as some security issues
may exist).
And certificates (with intermediate CA) cost ~40euros/year. Unless you feed Verisign. For
one virtual server it isn't too costly, is it?
Domas
-----Original Message-----
From: wikitech-l-bounces(a)Wikipedia.org [mailto:wikitech-l-bounces@Wikipedia.org] On Behalf
Of Philip Newton
Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 9:04 PM
To: wikitech-l(a)Wikipedia.org
Subject: [Wikitech-l] Re: https
On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 12:44:20 -0700, Brion Vibber <brion(a)pobox.com>
wrote:
Further there's the certificate issue; would we be
content with a
self-signed certificate (BIG WARNINGS in your browser every time you
login) or will we spend the foundation's money for a big fancy
corporation's stamp of approval?
Though arguably, those who will want to use the optional HTTPS login will be prepared to
install the Wikimedia SSL certificate the first time they connect.
Having said that, Domas Mituzas' proposal sounded interesting.
Cheers,
Philip
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