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Talk:Forgot Password Cheat Sheet
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Revision as of 19:02, 2 September 2015 by Justin C. Klein Keane (talk | contribs) (→Logging: new section)
Needs revision based on [http://cups.cs.cmu.edu/soups/2009/proceedings/a8-just.pdf Personal Choice and Challenge Questions: A Security and Usability Assessment]
Logging
I'm surprised to see that logging isn't a consideration in password reset functionality. Knowing that users attempted a password reset, whether the reset was successful or failed, recording details of reset sessions including IP address and other details would all seem like great suggestions.
