[geeklog-devtalk] Remote Authentication ;-)

[Richard S. Westmoreland]

Another thing to worry about - how will this work with Blaine's forum
plugin?

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From: "Michael Jervis" <mike at fuckingbrit.com>
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Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 2:22 PM
Subject: RE: [geeklog-devtalk] Remote Authentication ;-)



>

> > You could also make it a separate field.  I had suggested

> > allowing the GL admin control a list of sites that were

> > allowed to cross authenticate with theirs

>

> Something I hand't forgotten, it's on my to-do list when the basic way the

> remote authentication is done can work.

>

> I think the problem with having it as a separate field, is as mentioned,

all

> the places you need to highlight that it's a separate user.

>

> > Otherwise without explicit restrictions, our spammers could

> > quickly setup a geeklog site and visit every site out there

> > before we knew what hit us.

>

> Spammers will have blogger.com, livejournal.com, typekey.com and loads of

> geeklog instances to sign up for, which they will do eventualy. I've

already

> had some instances of profile spam on my site (Username: girlspissing

> Homepage...)

>

> But, their accounts will die as fast as their spam. And having to find a

> site to register at will slow them down (I hope)

>