What is vB-passport?

[JulianD]

I found some files on my vb3 package /upload/server

What's that? I see some .txt files with some dev's notes... But I can't understand it...

The only interesting thing was

A few pointers for the new vB-passport system

What's that? How does it works?

[Mike Sullivan]

Something that was scrapped.

[JulianD]

Umm.. hehehe Well, it looks interesting anyway...

[TonyPBN]

Something that was scrapped.

Oh man.. You guys scrapped it?


It looked so cool. And so useful for me!






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[JulianD]

Definitively... Something like when you go to a new forum and you want to register, you can do it with a simple click, because your profile would be stored on vbulletin.com... Very cool idea... I'd like to see it implemented in a near future.

[TonyPBN]

I would really dislike the system if the profiles were kept on vbulletin.com

A local global user server would be more appropriate for my needs.

[Steve Machol]

I would really dislike the system if the profiles were kept on vbulletin.com

A local global user server would be more appropriate for my needs.

How could it be 'global' and 'local'?

[okrogius]

The profile would be copied over from the global server onto his local server? Just a guess...

And why was this scrapped?

[JulianD]

Now that wouldn't like me at all... Anybody could have my email, preferences, and even my password...

[Steve Machol]

The profile would be copied over from the global server onto his local server? Just a guess...

And why was this scrapped?

That still begs the question of where this 'global' server would be if not at vbulletin.com.

[N!ck]

That still begs the question of where this 'global' server would be if not at vbulletin.com.

I know I'm bumping up an old thread, but why would someone want to get the information from vBulletin.com? I would venture to say that most people don't have techie (or vB-related) forums. What it appears people want to do is build a sort of "network" of sites.

[Steve Machol]

But doing this suggesting requires a master depository of login data. This depository needs to be somewhere, right?

[N!ck]

What it appears people want to do is build a sort of "network" of sites.

(What it appears people want to do is build a sort of "network" of related sites.)

[Stryker]

Sounds like a great idea to me (see ezboard's registration system if you're not familiar with it). The only problem I can see is that with so many vB users all over the world this is going to put a lot of strain on Jelsoft's servers and require a lot of DB space.