[Python-Dev] Too many Python accounts

[Michael Foord]

Martin v. Löwis wrote:
>>> Can't you then produce hundreds of IDs, all delegating to the same
>>> identity?
>>>       
>> Yes.
>>     
>
> But then, users can easily create as many fake accounts as they want to.
> This is not something I want to happen (it's still possible to setup
> fake accounts, but it should be more difficult for the average script
> kiddy).
>
>   

This doesn't seem to be a problem for all the other sites I use my 
openid with. Why not allow users to login with their own openid, but 
only allow one account to refer back to the same delegated account?

Michael

>> If the provider dictates the identity, as you keep insisting, that sentence
>> makes no sense whatsoever.  The value entered as the identifier is the
>> identifier you should use.  Otherwise, what's the point of delegation at all?
>>     
>
> It may help users to remember their openid more easily, and always fill
> in the same text into the login box.
>
> Regards,
> Martin
>   


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