Auth systems/2013

WMF Identity/Auth Sprint : Spring 2013

 * There are several specific issues with the existing, authentication methods used on the WMF sites. Additionally, several new features for authentication and authorization were requested over the last year. The Platform Engineering team has decided to address several of these issue and features in a set of sprints over the next few weeks.

Goals

 * Rework CentralAuth's SUL system to better support mobile, as well as anticipate upcomming changes in other browser's 3rd-party cookie policies
 * A basic OAuth implementation to improve the security of labs projects, and potentially bots, that do work on behalf of WMF users
 * Support implementing an OpenID provider on the WMF cluster that will be used for labs instances of MediaWiki

Timeline

 * The target is to deploy these changes in early May

Deliverables

 * A central domain where all WMF users will login to their centralauth ("global") accounts
 * Local wikis will auto-login users who have an established login with the central domain

Deliverables

 * An OAuth 1.0a compatible system to allow delegated access by users to the MediaWiki API
 * Example client, with client library

Deliverables

 * Code Review of OpenID Extension
 * Support for ops during deployment

Task List

 * Design of central domain
 * Evaluate and choose OAuth library
 * Setup Labs instances for testing OAuth client and server
 * Write stories / acceptance tests for OAuth client
 * Security / code review of Extension:OpenID