mod_auth_openid

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diff --git a/doc/todo/Restrict_page_viewing.mdwn b/doc/todo/Restrict_page_viewing.mdwn
index 0b2a65a66..089d27fff 100644
--- a/doc/todo/Restrict_page_viewing.mdwn
+++ b/doc/todo/Restrict_page_viewing.mdwn
@@ -25,3 +25,12 @@ much more maintainable htaccess file.
 >> They would still be compiled the regular way;
 >> I'll have another look at [[plugins/httpauth]] but I really like the openID whole idea.
 >> --[[emptty]]
+
+>>> How about
+>>> [mod_auth_openid](http://trac.butterfat.net/public/mod_auth_openid), then?
+>>> A plugin for ikiwiki to serve its own pages is far afield from ikiwiki's roots,
+>>> as Joey pointed out, but might be a neat option to have anyway -- for unifying
+>>> authentication across views and edits, for systems not otherwise running
+>>> web servers, for systems with web servers you don't have access to, and
+>>> doubtless for other purposes. Such a plugin would add quite a bit of flexibility,
+>>> and in that sense (IMO, of course) it'd be in the spirit of ikiwiki. --[[schmonz]]