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Remove "unauthenticated" - not necessary here
Signed-off-by: David A. Wheeler <[email protected]>
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secure_software_development_fundamentals.md

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* On a failed login, just say “*username or password failed*” or similar - don’t expose whether it was the username or the password that failed. That could tell the attacker that the username is valid, and makes further attacks easier.
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* If a user tries to create an account using an email address, don't tell the user if an account with that email address already exists. Similarly, if a user tries to do a password reset using an email address, don't tell the user if there is no account with that email address. Providing that information would allow an unauthenticated attacker to determine if a specific email address is being used (or not) by some existing account.
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* If a user tries to create an account using an email address, don't tell the user if an account with that email address already exists. Similarly, if a user tries to do a password reset using an email address, don't tell the user if there is no account with that email address. Providing that information would allow an attacker to determine if a specific email address is being used (or not) by some existing account.
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* In general, don’t display sensitive/private data unless necessary at that point.
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