+
+> I would like to see BrowserID offered as a signin option in ikiwiki
+> right next to the buttons for common openid providers.
+>
+> As far as implementing it goes, I don't want to rely on browserid.org.
+> This means that include.js needs to be shipped with ikiwiki (or in a
+> dependency in a sane world).
+>
+> And it means that relying on a https
+> connection to browserid.org to verify the user's identity assertion
+> token is out. (Well, it's probably out anyway, since it relies on https
+> CA security as the only security in that part of the protocol.)
+>
+> This seems to need an implementation, in perl or an externally callable
+> program (haskell would be fine ;),
+> of <https://wiki.mozilla.org/Identity/BrowserID#Assertion_Verification>.
+> --[[Joey]]
+
+BrowserID, or Mobilla Persona, is shutting down with 30th of November 2016.
+Seen at <https://login.persona.org/about> --[[leg]]
+
+The successor to Persona seems to be [Portier](https://portier.github.io), which is based on OpenID connect. --[[anarcat]]