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Bug 12494 - Missing config option to provide anonymous logging required by german law


Summary:	Missing config option to provide anonymous logging required by german law

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Product:	MediaWiki
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	General/Unknown (Other open bugs)
Version:	1.11.x
Hardware:	All All

Importance:	Low enhancement (vote)
Target Milestone:	---
Assigned To:	Nobody - You can work on this!

URL:	http://www.wirspeichernnicht.de/conte...
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Reported:	2008-01-03 17:58 UTC by Robert M. Albrecht
Modified:	2013-06-17 11:49 UTC (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Description Robert M. Albrecht 2008-01-03 17:58:06 UTC

http://www.wirspeichernnicht.de/content/view/9/24/

Missing config option to provide anonymous logging required by german law

Some german courts ruled, that logging ip-adresses is unlawfull. There is no config-option to confirm to this new rulings, only some codechanges.

Please include them and make them configurable.

cu romal

Comment 1 Roan Kattouw 2008-01-03 23:54:36 UTC

Does this also apply when the servers are in the USA/Netherlands/Asia (i.e. not in Germany) and are owned by a US-based foundation?

Comment 2 Robert M. Albrecht 2008-01-04 06:37:18 UTC

Nope, servers that are neither located in Germany nor owned by a german company are outside the jurisdiction of german courts.

Comment 3 Kevin Israel (PleaseStand) 2013-04-23 18:02:30 UTC

Is this combination of configuration settings (combined with a proper web
server configuration) sufficient, or do we really have to add a new one?

$wgPutIPinRC = false;                     # to not populate recentchanges.rc_ip

$wgGroupPermissions['*']['edit'] = false; # to not allow "anonymous" editing
                                          # using IP addresses, so users will
                                          # have to create accounts

Comment 4 Robert M. Albrecht 2013-06-17 11:49:52 UTC

Yes, this should suffice.

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