I've said this previously, but I believe the only controversial part of this change is ensuring the security and privacy of email addresses.
All this involves is constructing a process where every login, regardless of the identifier and regardless of the database state, always performs one and exactly one database query and one and exactly one password hashing. On 2/19/15 07:54, Tony Thomas wrote: > Hello, > > Before someone starts with a proposal for the proposed-tech-project 'Allow > user login with e-mail address'[1], is there still community consensus for > the same ? I personally think its a must-have for MediaWiki, as e-mail > address is easy to remember than a complex username. Currently multiple > users can sign-up with the same e-mail id - which would possibly be a > blocker, and can be fixed. Thanks to MzMcbride, we have an RFC[2] too on > the same. > > [1] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T30085 > [2] > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/Login_via_e-mail_address > > Thanks, > Tony Thomas <http://tttwrites.wordpress.com/> > FOSS@Amrita <http://foss.amrita.ac.in> > > *"where there is a wifi, there is a way"* > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
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