Extension:PwnedPasswords

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MediaWiki extensions manual
PwnedPasswords
Release status: experimental
Implementation User identity
Description Checks passwords against the Pwned Passwords list.
Author(s) Platonidestalk
Compatibility policy Snapshots releases along with MediaWiki. Master is not backward compatible.
MediaWiki 1.32+
PHP 5.3+
Database changes No
License No license specified
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Quarterly downloads Lua error in Module:Extension at line 172: bad argument #1 to 'inNamespace' (unrecognized namespace name 'skin').
Public wikis using Lua error in Module:Extension at line 172: bad argument #1 to 'inNamespace' (unrecognized namespace name 'skin').
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Provides command-line scripts to detect passwords which have been leaked in some past password breach, and thus protect against password reuse attacks.

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<translate> The extension can be retrieved directly from Git</translate> [?]:

  • <translate> Browse code</translate>
  • <translate> Some extensions have tags for stable releases.</translate>
  • <translate> Each branch is associated with a past MediaWiki release.</translate> <translate> There is also a "master" branch containing the latest alpha version (might require an alpha version of MediaWiki).</translate>

<translate> Extract the snapshot and place it in the <tvar name=name>extensions/PwnedPasswords/</tvar> directory of your MediaWiki installation.

If you are familiar with Git and have shell access to your server, you can also obtain the extension as follows: </translate>

cd extensions/ git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/PwnedPasswords.git