X-Git-Url: https://sipb.mit.edu/gitweb.cgi/ikiwiki.git/blobdiff_plain/ba2eab3fb4e4198f40f53e1d019258bc000cfd07..d548db14bbb76c5dae49b84ff42dbc9c356f2ba2:/doc/news/openid/discussion.mdwn diff --git a/doc/news/openid/discussion.mdwn b/doc/news/openid/discussion.mdwn index 5d006b560..75b321f26 100644 --- a/doc/news/openid/discussion.mdwn +++ b/doc/news/openid/discussion.mdwn @@ -6,8 +6,73 @@ as well. Also have I just created an account on this wiki as well? > The idea is that you fill in one or the other but not both. If it's > switched to only openid, it's much clearer, since the -> username/password/register stuff disappears from the form. +> username/password/register stuff disappears from the form. +> +> If both login methods are enabled, it's limited to using one form for +> both though... > > By signing in with openid, you have created an account on the wiki; you > can configure it to eg, subscribe your email address to changes to pages. > --[[Joey]] + +---- + +# How to ban an IP address? + +There is a way to ban ikiwiki users, but how to ban an IP address? +For example if a bitchy anonymous is bombing our poll. I can use +only Apache/iptables rules for this? Maybe it's related to +[[ACL|todo/ACL]] request? --[[Paweł|ptecza]] + +> Well, the polls are not something I would worry about much. I do plan to +> add_IP_range_banning, although I expect to wait until +> there's a demonstrated need. --[[Joey]] + +>> Heh, do you really want a lot of spam of me? ;) + +>> It was only an example of banning reason. Recently I've read about +>> problems of Wikipedia with the vandals from Qatar. They demolished +>> Qatar Wikipedia pages and the admins of Wikipedia had to ban all +>> IP addresses of that country (fortunately Qatar has only one ISP). +>> --[[Paweł|ptecza]] + +---- + +## Error voting + +> Error: /srv/web/ikiwiki.info/todo/Configurable_minimum_length_of_log_message_for_web_edits/index.html independently created, not overwriting with version from todo/Configurable_minimum_length_of_log_message_for_web_edits + +[[jondowland]] + +---- + +### Logging Out + +If I've logged in by OpenID, how do I log out? I don't see any logout +button anywhere on IkiWiki. (is it because I hit "forever" for my OpenID authorization duration?) +> No, it's because it's on the preferences page! That's somewhat non-obvious... + +>> This is a problem with having a static wiki. If I just put "Logout" as +>> an action on every page, that will look weird if you're not logged in. +>> --[[Joey]] + +Even if IkiWiki does let me log out, how do I *stay* logged out? Let's say I'm using a kiosk. What's to prevent someone else from hitting my OpenID service right after I've walked away? My OpenID service will just auth the login again, won't it? --[[sabr]] (behavior seems to vary... does it depend on the OpenID service? guess I have some docs to read.) + +> If you're at a kiosk, you'll need to log out of your openid provider too. +> Or use a provider that doesn't use cookies to keep you logged in. (Or +> don't check the box that makes your provider set a cookie when you log in.) +> +> AFAIK openid doesn't have single signoff capabilities yet. --[[Joey]] + +I'm having a problem using my preferred openid. I have +http://thewordnerd.info configured as a delegate to +thewordnerd.myopenid.com. It works fine on Lighthouse, Slicehost and +everywhere else I've used it. Here, though, if I use the delegate I'm sent +to my openid identity URL on myopenid.com. If I use the identity URL +directly, I get the verification page. + +Is my delegation broken in some way that works for all these other apps but +which fails here? Or is something broken in Ikiwiki's implementation? + +> I guess this is the same issue filed by you at +> [[bugs/OpenID_delegation_fails_on_my_server]] --[[Joey]]