[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #8066: Integrate an OpenID client into core

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#8066: Integrate an OpenID client into core
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 Reporter:  rmccue          |        Owner:  anonymous
     Type:  enhancement     |       Status:  new      
 Priority:  normal          |    Milestone:  2.8      
Component:  Administration  |      Version:           
 Severity:  normal          |   Resolution:           
 Keywords:                  |  
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Comment (by Otto42):

 -1 to making anything particularly specific to OpenID at this point in
 time.

 +1 to making the user authentication system more "pluggable". It would be
 nice if you could authenticate via OpenID, or Google's authentication
 system, or LiveID/Passport, whatever system you prefer.

 With a more pluggable system, OpenID could then be implemented more
 easily. Ideally, you would be able to login to a blog using your OpenID,
 as well as the comment system allowing optional OpenID data retrieval
 (name, email, etc).

 One recommendation to anybody attempting to implement this: Do NOT tie the
 commenting URL into OpenID. If I leave an anon comment on somebody's blog
 and it stupidly notices that my URL is a provider, then that does not
 necessarily mean that I want to authenticate my identity. Keep the OpenID
 url as a separate field.

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