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Expand user enumeration section for Clearance and Devise #26

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Expand Up @@ -125,7 +125,10 @@ One aim for this document is to turn it into a community resource much like the
- [ ] Require user confirms account (see Devise's confirmable module)
- [ ] Lock account after X failed password attempts (see Devise's lockable module)
- [ ] Timeout logins (see Devise's timeoutable module)
- [ ] Favor mitigating user enumeration (see paranoid mode in Devise and https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Testing_for_user_enumeration_(OWASP-AT-002))
- [ ] Favor mitigating user enumeration [(source)](https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Testing_for_user_enumeration_(OWASP-AT-002))
- Clearance mitigates user enumeration by default (except on registration) [(source)](https://github.com/eliotsykes/rails-security-checklist/issues/21#issuecomment-294912368)
- Devise needs to be configured to mitigate user enumeration by configuring `paranoid` mode (except on registration) [(source)](https://github.com/eliotsykes/rails-security-checklist/issues/21#issue-222185446)
- Both Clearance & Devise do not mitigate user enumeration for registration, as apps often want to report if an email address is already registered.


### Passwords
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