security policy: scope out the observable effect of pre auth controls

Signed-off-by: Nicola Murino <nicola.murino@gmail.com>
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@@ -69,6 +69,12 @@ concept**:
Referrer-Policy, Permissions-Policy and similar. Clickjacking, framing, or
"missing header X" findings whose only remediation is enabling one of these
controls fall here.
- The observable effect of a control that necessarily acts before
authentication — a connection refused, a session ended, a requirement
applied, an authentication method declined — including what an
unauthenticated client can infer from a reply, a sequence, or a response
time. Deferring such a control until after authentication would remove the
protection it provides, and we do not make that trade.
- Behavior that requires an administrator to deliberately weaken or disable a
security control, or to choose an insecure configuration (for example a weak
operator-chosen secret).