I'm copy&pasting this from http://drupal.org/node/219833

I don't like the default way comments are handled in drupal. I'd like the current fields and everything stay just the way it is. But additionally there should be an OpenID field for those, who are not yet logged in. The data from OpenID should then be populated on my website. To sum it up:
required input: OpenID, comment text
optional input: comment title
output: comment, number, openID (linked)
-> optional output (if supplied by openID resource): website, email

From http://drupal.org/node/166559#comment-591954

Option to add an OpenID login bar to comment entry (like LiveJournal comments)

I am personally interested in this feature too. It would be great if it landed in 6.x branch or be easily back portable.

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I'd love to see an OpenID field for anonymous comments. This would give some kind of authentication, that it is really the person claiming to be, without the need of Drupal user accounts. I just want to let people comment, not to let have them a user account.