Comments on: OpenID conquers communities http://mateusz.loskot.net/2008/05/11/openid-conquers-communities/ Into the Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:16:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: mloskot http://mateusz.loskot.net/2008/05/11/openid-conquers-communities/#comment-2249 mloskot Wed, 14 May 2008 11:14:04 +0000 http://mateusz.loskot.net/2008/05/11/openid-conquers-communities/#comment-2249 Jason, I agree with you. However, my post is supposed to be a little provoking and asking some questions. Just to learn the OSGeo opinion myself :-) Regarding the security issues, definitely there are some or many. <a href="http://mateusz.loskot.net/2008/05/14/learning-the-openid-problems/" rel="nofollow">I've learned about them</a> as well. Jason, I agree with you. However, my post is supposed to be a little provoking and asking some questions. Just to learn the OSGeo opinion myself :-)

Regarding the security issues, definitely there are some or many. I’ve learned about them as well.

]]> By: Jason Birch http://mateusz.loskot.net/2008/05/11/openid-conquers-communities/#comment-2247 Jason Birch Mon, 12 May 2008 16:08:03 +0000 http://mateusz.loskot.net/2008/05/11/openid-conquers-communities/#comment-2247 From a personal perspective, I think that would be diluting OSGeo's focus on its core competencies. I don't mind OpenID (I'm running my own server) but it's certainly not a panacea. There are some real problems with its vulnerability to phishing. From a personal perspective, I think that would be diluting OSGeo’s focus on its core competencies.

I don’t mind OpenID (I’m running my own server) but it’s certainly not a panacea. There are some real problems with its vulnerability to phishing.

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