[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #5388: Author Permalink (myblog.com/author/username/) does not help security

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#5388: Author Permalink (myblog.com/author/username/) does not help security
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 Reporter:  enposte      |        Owner:  anonymous
     Type:  enhancement  |       Status:  new      
 Priority:  low          |    Milestone:  2.5      
Component:  Security     |      Version:  2.3.1    
 Severity:  minor        |   Resolution:           
 Keywords:               |  
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Changes (by JeremyVisser):

  * priority:  high => low
  * severity:  critical => minor
  * milestone:  2.4 => 2.5

Comment:

 Tinfoil hat alert!

 Seriously, I don't think this is that big a worry, especially seeing as
 though we already know that 100% of WordPress installations have an
 'admin' user.

 It would be nice to have "author slugs" though, but that would be purely
 for aesthetic reasons.

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