!!! Overview
[{$pagename}] should use [WebAuthN].

!! Historic [{$pagename}] 
[{$pagename}] is about [Authentication] over:
* [HTTP]
* [HTTPS] 
* [WWW]

[{$pagename}] methods [SHOULD] be performing [Delegation] and [SHOULD NOT] using [Impersonation].

[{$pagename}] may be implemented using [WEB Access Management] technologies.

[{$pagename}] is often performed using [LDAP Authentication].

!! Do Not Do [{$pagename}]
Well, do not do it yourself. Use [OpenID Connect] or [User-Managed Access].

If you must, then __use only Known widely implemented __[APIs] or [SDKs] for all [Encryption] and [Hashing].

!! [Best Practices Password]
Be sure to use [Best Practices Password]

!! __MUST-READ LINKS__ About [Web|HTTP] [Authentication]
* [OWASP Guide To Authentication|http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Guide_to_Authentication|target='_blank']
* [OWASP Authentication Cheat Sheet|https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Authentication_Cheat_Sheet|target='_blank']
* [Dos and Don’ts of Client Authentication on the Web (very readable MIT research paper)|https://pdos.csail.mit.edu/papers/webauth:sec10.pdf|target='_blank']
* [Wikipedia: HTTP cookie|Wikipedia:HTTP_cookie#Drawbacks_of_cookies|target='_blank']
* [Personal knowledge questions for fallback authentication: Security questions in the era of Facebook (very readable Berkeley research paper)|http://cups.cs.cmu.edu/soups/2008/proceedings/p13Rabkin.pdf|target='_blank']

!! More Information
There might be more information for this subject on one of the following:
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* [#1] - [The definitive guide to form-based website authentication|http://stackoverflow.com/questions/549/the-definitive-guide-to-form-based-website-authentication|target='_blank'] - based on information obtained 2016-08-10