On Wed, Feb 02, 2005 at 08:58:23PM +0200, Gabor Szabo wrote: > How would you implement it and > if someone comes along and claims he is DCONWAY how can I > make sure he really is DCONWAY from PAUSE ?
The same hack as rt.cpan.org uses - attempt a login on pause.cpan.org using the ID and password provided. If PAUSE accepts it, then you know it's the real thing. I can't think of a future-proof way of avoiding IDs you allocate conflicting with PAUSE, unless you and Andreas collaborate Nicholas Clark