> I'd say PGAS needs a semi-elaborate way to confirm one identity, for >>>> example with a login/password.
hmm....what about signing something with your gnupg key, and perl can use that as a passwd (slurp the file its in)? i mean, the people playing golf seem to be somewhat computer literate, so gnupg encrypting the word 'passwd' seems pretty easy. >>> I still have much to learn about web security, but it seems to me >>> that if PGAS were to require passwords, it would need to use SSL. >>> SSL is not an option in the near future. For now, the integrity >>> of the community will have to suffice. >> >> We are not talking e-commerce security here. If your password get > stolen >> or sniffed or whatever, it's not a big problem. -chris zubrzycki - -- PGP public key: http://homepage.mac.com/beren/publickey.txt ID: B1016483 Fingerprint: 0B1B 83E3 DCCC 415B 5FDB AA63 A834 A44C B101 6483 ======================================================== "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
