2026-09-11T04:16:39  <matrix-o-o> <jeff_mahoney> Firstyear (Firstyear): So what’s the best way to request something like this? I expect it’s not just “mention it on matrix.” In the SUSEID world, using traefik with the Authentik middleware is super easy for this case.
2026-09-11T04:17:44  <matrix-o-o> <Firstyear (Firstyear)> jeff_mahoney: I'd say open a ticket here https://progress.opensuse.org/projects/opensuse-admin/issues
2026-09-11T04:19:20  <matrix-o-o> <Firstyear (Firstyear)> But I'm not super involved on that side, acidsys would have the best answer.
2026-09-11T05:55:05  <acidsys> Firstyear: I sort of stopped participating in this discussion, as with every new person the context seems to reduce
2026-09-11T05:56:09  <acidsys> simply opening the website and trying out the Login button would show that there already is an authentication system natively in the application
2026-09-11T05:57:01  <acidsys> but, if someone wants to maintain some crazy solution, I can't stop them
2026-09-11T06:16:45  <matrix-o-o> <Firstyear (Firstyear)> Fair enough :)
2026-09-11T13:37:54  <matrix-o-o> <jeff_mahoney> I see, so it's less about adding authentication and more about not allowing new posts without it.
2026-09-11T13:47:19  <cboltz> the problem is that enforcing login will make paste more or less useless (it becomes annoying, and there are lots of pastebins out there that don't need a login - but don't ask about privacy, ad-free etc...)
2026-09-11T13:47:50  <cboltz> as a random example: I know that even Canonical employees prefer paste.o.o because paste.ubuntu.com requires them to login
2026-09-11T19:09:23  <matrix-o-o> <jeff_mahoney> Yes, I'm sure people find a completely anonymous way to post arbitrary material on a service they don't maintain super useful. We've had problems with people posting stolen credit card information, illicit images, etc. Fedora doesn't host a paste service anymore. Debian's is broken. Canonical's was authenticated before they shut it down. The service (and etherpad) as they are now are a liability.