Changing the definition of Reauthentication #22
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eldanb
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Oct 11, 2021
| @@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ _Employing FIDO authenticators and the WebAuthn API in your sign-in flows: A gui | |||
| Note that this is *different* from creating an account with a | |||
| service in the first place. | |||
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| - **Reauthentication** happens when a relying party already knows | |||
| who the user is, but would like to reconfirm this. For example, | |||
| - **Reauthentication** is a generic term widely used for reconfirming authentication of the user when the user is already known or authenticated. For example, | |||
| this happens before making sensitive changes to an account (add a | |||
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Note that section 3 says "
Reauthentication might happen for the following reasons:
- The user signed out and now wants to sign in again.
... "
If the user is signed out and now wants to sign in again, the user is not already authenticated...?
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#1
The current definition is a little confusing. So proposing a new text to tighten the definition.