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Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Google deprecating OpenID 2.0

From: Richard Sharpe <realrichardsharpe@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2015 09:10:53 -0800
On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 9:01 AM, Bill Meier <wmeier@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 2/22/2015 9:16 AM, Evan Huus wrote:
>>>
>>> From the looks of it [1] Gerrit upstream is planning to just drop
>>
>> support for logging in with Google.
>>
>> [1] https://code.google.com/p/gerrit/issues/detail?id=2715
>>
>
> From the link given above:
>
> * You are already registered and you are using Google OpenID provider: You
> need to move to a new provider before April 20, 2015.
>
> Migrating away from Google OpenID and linking multiple OpenIDs
>
> When you already registered with Google, you need to link your existing
> Gerrit account to another OpenID provider to be able to log in to Gerrit
> after April 20, 2015.
>
> Note: if you don't use Google as your OpenID provider, (or use say
> Fedoraproject, Launchpad, ...), you don't need to take any action.
>
> The exact steps how to link another identity to an existing account (please
> re-read twice before taking any action):
>
> * Login with the existing account
> * Select menu Settings → Identities
> * Click the 'Link Another Identity' button
> * Select the OpenID provider for the other identity
> * Authenticate with the other identity
> * Log in using the other identity can only be performed after the linking is
> successful
>
> *Warning I*
>
> Users wishing to link an alternative identity should *NOT* log in separately
> with that identity. Doing so will result in a new account being created, and
> subsequent attempts to link that account with the existing account will
> fail. In cases where this happens, the administrator will need to manually
> merge the accounts.
>
> *Warning II*
>
> You must link another identity before April 20, 2015. Otherwise you wouldn't
> be able to log in to your existing Gerrit account.

So what other sources of identity can we use?

Can I use my public key?

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Regards,
Richard Sharpe
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