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#13785 closed defect (fixed)

default trac wiki page has link to hi-jacked website

Reported by: lee.morecroft@… Owned by: Jun Omae
Priority: high Milestone: 1.6.1
Component: general Version: 1.6
Severity: normal Keywords:
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Description (last modified by jason.altorf@…)

a link on the page provided by ./python3/lib/python3.11/site-packages/trac/wiki/default-pages/TracWiki

has been hijacked.

* A wiki page explaining [http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/mb.pl?WhyWikiWorks why wiki works].

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comment:1 by Jun Omae, 4 weeks ago

Description: modified (diff)
Owner: set to Jun Omae
Status: newassigned

Hm, we should delete links to usemod.com or replace other website, in default pages and trac.edgewall.org.

comment:2 by jason.altorf@…, 4 weeks ago

Description: modified (diff)

Original reporter here – I think it's important to avoid using HTTP links and enforce the use of HTTPS-only links. Another issue is that you can never be responsible for the content of an external link you don't control. Additional questions should be: Will the content endure, and what is the likelihood that the site will remain accessible?

Can you quote the content in full and give create to the original author and also point to a link?

comment:3 by Jun Omae, 4 weeks ago

https://www.usemod.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?UseModWiki says:

In september 2023 the domain usemod.com expired and the wiki was moved to www.usemod.org.

The mb.pl?WhyWikiWorks page is currently served at http://meatballwiki.org/wiki/?WhyWikiWorks, however, HTTPS is not served.

According to https://web.archive.org/web/20240000000000*/http://usemod.com/cgi-bin/mb.pl?WhyWikiWorks, the domain is drop-catching since Feb 4, 2024, at least.

Last edited 4 weeks ago by Jun Omae (previous) (diff)

comment:4 by Jun Omae, 4 weeks ago

Component: wiki systemgeneral
Resolution: fixed
Status: assignedclosed

Revised links to meatballwiki in our wiki pages and source in [17839,17840]. Currently, no links to the old site. See search:usemod.com&wiki=on.

Also, the default-pages files are copied from wiki pages in trac.edgewall.org and distributed on each release.

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