+Now that google supports using thier profiles as OpenIDs, that can be used
+directly to sign into ikiwiki. Just use, for example,
+<http://www.google.com/profiles/joeyhess> . Tested and it works. --[[Joey]]
+
+> This seems to work fine if you use the profile directly as an OpenID. It doesn't seem to work with delegation. From that I can see, this is a deliberate decision by Google for security reasons. See the response [here](http://groups.google.com/group/google-federated-login-api/browse_thread/thread/825067789537568c/23451a68c8b8b057?show_docid=23451a68c8b8b057). -- [[Will]]
+
+## historical discussion
+