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diff --git a/report/v2_authentication.tex b/report/v2_authentication.tex
index 08c35be..69d1d00 100644
--- a/report/v2_authentication.tex
+++ b/report/v2_authentication.tex
@@ -15,15 +15,19 @@ public (Principle of complete mediation).
 \end{result}
 
 \item
-\pass{}
+\fail{}
 Verify that forms containing credentials are not filled in by
 the application. Pre-filling by the application implies that
 credentials are stored in plaintext or a reversible format,
 which is explicitly prohibited.
 
 \begin{result}
-No credentials (that should not be stored in plain text) are ever filled in by
-the application.
+No credentials that come from the database are pre-filled by the application.
+However, in some forms, the application pre-fills password fields from the
+request's POST data. This is not necesarry.\footnote{This issue was actually
+overlooked when auditing manually, and was found when running the Fortify tool.
+In the initial audit, we only ensured that no internal information (from the
+database) was leaked in this way.}
 \end{result}
 
 \setcounter{enumi}{3}
@@ -48,10 +52,10 @@ attackers cannot log in.
 
 \begin{result}
     The input to various forms is not sanitized at all. This makes the implementation
-    in (not only) \texttt{Users::find} vulnerable to SQL injections. The login form
-    is also vulnerable. Any user can execute arbitrary SQL code from the username field.
+    in (not only) \code{Users::find} vulnerable to \SQL{} injections. The login form
+    is also vulnerable. Any user can execute arbitrary \SQL{} code from the username field.
     The following example code can submitted as username in the login form, which
-    will set the password of the \texttt{admin} user to \texttt{s3cret}:
+    will set the password of the \code{admin} user to \code{s3cret}:
 
     \code{"; UPDATE users SET password='\$1\$OWgsBb90\$Lkko6aZwmp9XOVrFI09Ab0' WHERE \\username='admin' AND 'a' = "a}
 
@@ -67,7 +71,7 @@ entered.
 
 \begin{result}
     The application allows the user to use any password (except ones that contain
-    SQL code).
+	\SQL{} code).
 \end{result}
 
 \item
@@ -89,7 +93,7 @@ authentication mechanism.
     expire, however. It would be even better to require that a token be used
     withing a day (or so) after creation.
 
-    The security of the SMTP connection is at the discretion of the web server.
+	The security of the \SMTP{} connection is at the discretion of the web server.
     Often these connections are not very secure, but this worry is beyond the
     scope of this audit.
 \end{result}
@@ -126,11 +130,11 @@ salt, and there is sufficient work factor to defeat brute
 force and password hash recovery attacks.
 
 \begin{result}
-    Password are stored in database using the PHP function \texttt{crypt}. Internally, this
-    function uses salted MD5. This is way easy too reverse with brute-force attacks using dictionary files.
+	Password are stored in database using the \PHP{} function \code{crypt}. Internally, this
+    function uses salted MD5. This is way too reverse with brute-force attacks using dictionary files.
 
-    Instead it would be better to use the \texttt{argon2} password hashing algorithm
-    or the PHP \texttt{password\_hash} function (which currently uses BCRYPT).
+    Instead it would be better to use the \code{argon2} password hashing algorithm
+	or the \PHP{} \code{password\_hash} function (which currently uses BCRYPT).
 \end{result}
 
 \setcounter{enumi}{15}
@@ -143,9 +147,9 @@ user to enter credentials are done so using an encrypted
 link.
 
 \begin{result}
-    The app allows admin users to log in over HTTP. This is insecure, as it allows
+	The app allows admin users to log in over \HTTP{}. This is insecure, as it allows
     eavesdroppers to intercept password.
-    The app should force HTTPS for at least the login form, the \texttt{admin\_controller} and
+	The app should force \HTTPS{} for at least the login form, the \code{admin\_controller} and
     for the installation script (because the users posts secrets like the database
     password to this page).
 \end{result}
@@ -169,7 +173,7 @@ Verify that information enumeration is not possible via
 login, password reset, or forgot account functionality.
 
 \begin{result}
-    All these forms are vulnerable to SQL injection attacks. So any information
+    All these forms are vulnerable to \SQL{} injection attacks. So any information
     can leak any information from the database.
 \end{result}
 
@@ -181,7 +185,7 @@ application (such as “admin/password”).
 
 \begin{result}
     No secrets are initialized by predefined values. The admin user will have
-    username \texttt{admin} by default. This is no secret and therefore not
+    username \code{admin} by default. This is no secret and therefore not
     considered unsafe.
 \end{result}
 
@@ -211,24 +215,24 @@ services external to the application are encrypted and
 stored in a protected location.
 
 \begin{result}
-    The database credentials are hardcoded in \texttt{config.php}. While it
+    The database credentials are hardcoded in \code{config.php}. While it
     would be better to pass secrets as environment variables, this is not
     really bad practice.
 
     However, the installation instructions state the following:
     \begin{verbatim}
-Change the file permissions to allow all users write access to the folder
-you extracted testcms to.
+Change the file permissions to allow all users write access to the
+folder you extracted testcms to.
     \end{verbatim}
     This implies making the configuration file readable for all users on the
     system. This information should not be accessible for any user other than
-    the one running the PHP script.
+	running the \PHP{} script.
 \end{result}
 
 \item
 \pass{}
 Verify that forgotten password and other recovery paths
-use a TOTP or other soft token, mobile push, or other
+use a \TOTP{} or other soft token, mobile push, or other
 offline recovery mechanism. Use of a random value in an
 e-mail or SMS should be a last resort and is known weak.
 
@@ -248,7 +252,7 @@ attack, this should not reset the hard lock status.
 
 \notapplicable{\item
 Verify that if shared knowledge based questions (also
-known as "secret questions") are required, the questions
+known as ``secret questions'') are required, the questions
 do not violate privacy laws and are sufficiently strong to
 protect accounts from malicious recovery.}
 
@@ -292,12 +296,12 @@ response time.
 
 \item
 \fail{}
-Verify that secrets, API keys, and passwords are not
+Verify that secrets, \API{} keys, and passwords are not
 included in the source code, or online source code
 repositories.
 
 \begin{result}
-    The database credentials are hard coded in \texttt{config.php}. These
+    The database credentials are hard coded in \code{config.php}. These
     credentials should ideally be passed using environment variables.
 \end{result}