Comments on: Allowing RSS Access on a Private MediaWiki http://blog.lundscape.com/2009/11/allowing-rss-access-on-a-private-mediawiki/ The Linux Journey Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:11:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Zachary Lund http://blog.lundscape.com/2009/11/allowing-rss-access-on-a-private-mediawiki/comment-page-1/#comment-2340 Zachary Lund Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:20:11 +0000 http://blog.lundscape.com/?p=276#comment-2340 @Deecie, unfortunately, yes, it will be a Google IP address, which means you are opening up a private wiki to anyone using Google Reader. Only a desktop RSS Reader or some sort will allow you to keep the wiki private. I did not need this complex of a setup. However, I did consider using a <a href="http://blog.lundscape.com/2009/05/configure-a-reverse-proxy-with-apache/" rel="nofollow">reverse proxy</a> to allow access and then either obscuring the new URL or using some sort of <a href="http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/howto/auth.html" rel="nofollow">HTTP authentication</a>. The <a href="http://www.diegonet.com/support/mod_auth_mysql.shtml" rel="nofollow">MySQL Auth Module</a> for Apache would be a good way to use the same credentials as the MediaWiki. @Deecie, unfortunately, yes, it will be a Google IP address, which means you are opening up a private wiki to anyone using Google Reader. Only a desktop RSS Reader or some sort will allow you to keep the wiki private.

I did not need this complex of a setup. However, I did consider using a reverse proxy to allow access and then either obscuring the new URL or using some sort of HTTP authentication. The MySQL Auth Module for Apache would be a good way to use the same credentials as the MediaWiki.

]]> By: Deecie http://blog.lundscape.com/2009/11/allowing-rss-access-on-a-private-mediawiki/comment-page-1/#comment-2337 Deecie Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:44:26 +0000 http://blog.lundscape.com/?p=276#comment-2337 Hello there, I was pleased to find this, because I'm trying to set up exactly the same thing for a wiki that I administrate. Do you know whether this method will work for users whose RSS client is Google Reader? I expect that it would be a Google IP, not their own one, querying the server. Hello there,

I was pleased to find this, because I’m trying to set up exactly the same thing for a wiki that I administrate. Do you know whether this method will work for users whose RSS client is Google Reader? I expect that it would be a Google IP, not their own one, querying the server.

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