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Add link to NIST SP 800-63B 2nd public draft to 3.3.8 / 3.3.9 understanding (#4351)
Incorporate outside references about allowing pasting into password fields. This change offsets stances about preventing pasting passwords. Even NIST plans to recommend allowing it: > 3.1.1.2 Password verifiers > > [...] > > Verifiers SHALL allow the use of password managers. **Verifiers SHOULD permit claimants to use the “paste” functionality when entering a password to facilitate their use**. Password managers have been shown to increase the likelihood that users will choose stronger passwords, particularly if the password managers include password generators > 8.2.1 Passwords > > [...] > > Usability considerations for typical usage without a password manager include: > > [...] > * User experience during entry of the password > * **Support copy and paste functionality in fields for entering passwords, including passphrases.** > 8.2.3 Out-of-band > > [...] > > Usability considerations for typical usage include: > > [...] > > **Consider offering features that do not require text entry on mobile devices (e.g., a copy-paste feature)**, which are particularly helpful when the primary and secondary channels are on the same device. For example, it is difficult for users to transfer the authentication secret manually using a smartphone because they must switch back and forth — potentially multiple times — between the out-of-band application and the primary channel. Co-authored-by: Mike Gower
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<li><a href="https://webauthn.io/">WebAuthN Demo sitea>.li>
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<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OAuth">OAuth on Wikipediaa>.li>
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<li><a href="https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/blog-post/let-them-paste-passwords">"Let them paste passwords", from the UK's National Cyber Security Centrea>li>
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<li><a href="https://pages.nist.gov/800-63-4/sp800-63b.html">NIST SP 800-63 Digital Identity Guidelines (Second Public Draft of Revision 4) / SP 800-63B Authentication & Authenticator Managementa>li>
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<li><a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_Authentication_API">Web Authentication API on MDNa>li>
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<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OAuth">OAuth on Wikipediaa>li>
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<li><a href="https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/blog-post/let-them-paste-passwords">"Let them paste passwords", from the UK's National Cyber Security Centrea>li>
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<li><a href="https://pages.nist.gov/800-63-4/sp800-63b.html">NIST SP 800-63 Digital Identity Guidelines (Second Public Draft of Revision 4) / SP 800-63B Authentication & Authenticator Managementa>li>
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