Authentication framework

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In REL1_27 MediaWiki gained a complete rewrite of it's authentication and authorization system. Thanks to Cindy Cicalese and others, the Pluggable Auth framework was introduced. It provides the ability to layer in a variety of authentication systems. For example, RedHat develops the FreeIPA system which provides Identity, Policy and Trusts. FreeIPA is an Open Source [1] Identity Management Solution that [2]

provides unified installation and management tools for the following components:

In turn, the FreeIPA wiki website is integrated with the Fedora Central Login via MediaWiki's Pluggable Auth and OpenID Connect [3]

  1. note that much of the code is GPL licensed, however since there are multiple components, each has it's own license. See the license page for FreeIPA.
  2. quote from the code hosting site (Pagure) for FreeIPA: https://pagure.io/freeipa
  3. The Special:Version page of the wiki shows what's installed: https://www.freeipa.org/page/Special:Version