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Zeroizing vs. reuse of activation factors
-63B Section 5.1.9.1 says:
Each authentication operation using the authenticator SHOULD require the input of the additional factor.
This seems somewhat at odds with a later statement in the section:
The unencrypted key and activation secret or biometric sample — and any biometric data derived from the biometric sample such as a probe produced through signal processing — SHALL be zeroized immediately after an authentication transaction has taken place.
If the latter statement is a SHALL, it seems like the earlier one would need to be a SHALL as well. It's possible that the activation factor is resent from the host endpoint being authenticated, and that the zeroization requirement doesn't apply there. But this should be clarified.