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One slight quirk is that the browser should probably ignore the caching hints when the cookie changes.
One slight quirk is that the browser should probably ignore the caching hints when the cookie changes.
;Federation
Still distilling proposals here, stay tuned.


;Flood-attack prevention
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A variant of the above could be to allow the password to be changed during the registration flow, but that would require the final confirmation step to return the credentials (username and password both), which sites might not want to do (?). The confirm-registration step need only work once, however, the <token> in the cookie could expire after first use, or have a very short life.
A variant of the above could be to allow the password to be changed during the registration flow, but that would require the final confirmation step to return the credentials (username and password both), which sites might not want to do (?). The confirm-registration step need only work once, however, the <token> in the cookie could expire after first use, or have a very short life.


= Rejected Ideas =
;Splitting authentication profiles from other profiles
 
We have some thoughts around it, but it's not clear yet.  More work to do here.
 
;Federation
 
Still distilling proposals here, stay tuned.
 
= Rejected/Other Ideas =


;JS API for setting status
;JS API for setting status
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