Add link to NIST SP 800-63B 2nd public draft to 3.3.8 / 3.3.9 understanding#4351
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Add link to NIST SP 800-63B 2nd public draft to 3.3.8 / 3.3.9 understanding#4351
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…nderstanding As the point about "our company's security people say we have to suppress copy/paste of passwords to make sure people type it in correctly" bubbles up in discussions quite often, even NIST now 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. ```
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Should we link to a revision of the draft of the NIST standard now or is it worth waiting until the final standard is published? |
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my gut feeling is: looking at the current state of US politics, who knows if this ever actually gets published as a stable document... so I'd rather push it now and update at a later point |
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Incorporate outside references about allowing pasting into password fields.
This change offsets stances about preventing pasting passwords. Even NIST plans to recommend allowing it: