+1

I think hybrid is a nice feature, but not required. I'll be happy to have
any form of OpenID working in Roller. If somebody needs hybrid they can do
the work to bring it back.

- Dave




On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 4:38 PM, Glen Mazza <[email protected]> wrote:

> Team, as mentioned earlier, I plant to start looking at the OpenID in
> Roller again.  As you may recall, the Roller config file allows new user
> accounts with "no" OpenID, "only" OpenID, or "hybrid" -- either OpenID
> and/or password.  I'd like to change that "and/or" to just an "or":  Right
> now, for the new user signup screen under hybrid we allow new accounts to
> be created with *both* a username/password and an OpenID to access that
> account.
>
> What I'm proposing, for any new user account under hybrid, that there be
> one and only one authentication mechanism (username/password *or* OpenID
> *or* whatever else comes up in the future).  It's fully the user's choice
> (there will be radio buttons to choose the one desired), but he or she can
> only choose one.  If someone has a theoretical need for both a
> username/password *and* OpenID (I don't see why), that person would create
> two accounts instead, and just allow the second account admin rights on the
> blogs created by the first account.  Such a change would keep Roller in
> line with StackOverflow, Yahoo! Groups, and Flickr, that, while providing
> an OpenID option, still have just one authentication mechanism per account.
>
> It sounds sweet and helpful to allow multiple ways to log into the same
> account, but as you expand the number of authentication options you end up
> introducing unnecessary code complexity and potential security holes while
> not providing much additional utility to users.   WDYT?
>
> Regards,
> Glen
>

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