On Tue, 12 Mar 2002, Peter Crowther wrote:

[snip]
> Actually, I'm very surprised that the Swiki pages have not previously been
> defaced.

They have, at least once.

>  Now that the Swiki has been found, I would expect to see an
> increasing number of attacks once this particular person tells his [I
> assume] mates about it and the information spreads.

It's possible, of course. It's happened to other Wikis. OTOH, hacking wiki
isn't exactly *challenging*.

>  Whilst I'm well aware
> that it *may* be an isolated case, we may wish to plan how to 'harden' a
> Swiki against this kind of attack.  Not easy, as the usual trade-off between
> freedom and security raises its head almost immediately.

If someone persistent comes along, you pretty much have to shut down, at
least for a while. :(

Cheers,
Bijan Parsia.