Re: [OGDev] What are people working on?

On Mon, Mar 05, 2007 at 01:04:39AM +0000, Daniel Alexander Smith wrote:

In conclusion, integrate OpenID please, but don't prevent anyone from using their OpenID, because that is completely against the whole idea of a distributed ID system. Also, please try to understand that any way this is done, it will not prevent spam.

I run a trac instance that was getting tons of spam. I set up a default username/password on the system -- and put the username and password in the 'AuthName'.

The spam stopped. Technically, the solution was no better -- but the additional cost did change the amount of spam I got. OpenID may have the same affect.

It may not prevent spam, but it may help limit it.

Regards,