cleanfeed and wikipedia

Richard Lamont ukcrypto at chiark.greenend.org.uk
Sun, 07 Dec 2008 12:51:13 +0000


James Fidell wrote:
> It appears that the IWF have listed some wikipedia URLs, possibly
> because one wikipedia page contained an image of the controversial
> cover of the Scorpions "Virgin Killer" album and as a result UK ISPs
> who use cleanfeed are proxying traffic to wikipedia's European servers.
> Wikipedia edits made by UK users therefore appear to originate from a
> very small set of IP addresses, breaking wikipedia's security model
> somewhat.  An awkward problem, but one for which there are surely
> workable solutions should Wikipedia feel they want to implement them.

Like this?

https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Main_Page


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