[OSM-dev] User authentication/Single sign on

[Rob]

maybe openid is something usefull to support ?

Rob

2008/11/29 Frederik Ramm <frederik at remote.org>:
> Hi,
>
> Stefan de Konink wrote:
>> I wanted to implement this just as a http_auth request to the server. If
>> the http auth request fails it would tell me that the user/pass is
>> false. Is this method a priori bad?
>
> Well... anyone who makes the request would have to know the user's
> password. The OSM password is not worth a lot but still I do not think
> it is a good idea that I should reveal my password to the forums, to
> OpenStreetBugs, and to any other site that offers some OSM-related
> service, just so that they can make a http_auth request to the server!
>
> Bye
> Frederik
>
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