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OWASP Authentication Cheat Sheets

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OWASP
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10 sections

Official docs outline

cheatsheetseries.owasp.org
  1. Authentication

    Login design, generic error messages, password policy, account lockout and authentication flows.

  2. Multifactor Authentication

    MFA factors, phishing-resistant methods, fallback and enrollment.

  3. Forgot Password

    Reset token design, enumeration-safe responses and recovery flows.

  4. Credential Stuffing Prevention

    Rate limiting, breached-password checks, device fingerprinting and bot defenses.

  5. Choosing and Using Security Questions

    Knowledge-based recovery questions and their weaknesses.

  6. OAuth2

    Authorization code flow with PKCE, redirect URI validation, scopes and token handling.

  7. SAML Security

    Signature validation, assertion handling, XML signature wrapping and replay protection.

  8. JSON Web Token

    JWT algorithm pinning, signature verification, expiry and token storage.

  9. Passkey Security

    WebAuthn passkeys, attestation, recovery and registration security.

  10. Transaction Authorization

    Authorizing sensitive transactions and defeating man-in-the-middle manipulation.

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