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[Brian Meidell]

> Are you aware just how many people are having problems logging in ?

This is probably a discussion you've had before, so a link to the thread 
would suffice as an answer, but here goes:

Why doesn't WP use http authentication (either using PHP headers or 
using .htaccess files) as the default access control mechanism and only 
fall back on the current auth method if all else fails?
.htaccess is certainly robust in my experience.

/Brian