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@@ -60,3 +60,26 @@ Update2: it seems this is specific to the HTTP/HTTPS switch. If I use HTTPS, thi
 > to go back to a previous login form and try to reuse it.
 > 
 > --[[Joey]]
+
+>> I am sorry. I thought the problem was originally related to ikiwiki
+>> then figured it was *only* happening on branchable sites, so I figured
+>> it was better to report it on the branchable.com forums.
+>>
+>> I know that there's a OpenID-specific issue, but I had such issues in
+>> the past and succesfuly solved those. Because the timing of the emergence
+>> of the problem, i felt there was a correlation between the two issues.
+>>
+>> And indeed, there seems to be a HTTPS-related issue: both login mechanisms
+>> work fine when on HTTPS, and both fail on HTTP. So I don't see those things
+>> as being necessarily distinct. -- [[anarcat]]
+
+>>> I've explained how the "login failed, perhaps you need to turn on
+>>> cookies?" can happen and what it means. Clearly nothing to do with
+>>> http; clearly not specific to branchable.
+>>> 
+>>> I just now logged into this site using openid over http, and it worked
+>>> ok. I think it's more likely that the `time_bad_sig` problem occurs
+>>> intermittently (which would make sense if it's a timing related issue),
+>>> and so you've just so happened to see it when logging in with
+>>> http and not https, than that there's actually a correlation.
+>>> --[[Joey]]