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  • If a brute-force attack is going on (possibly from multiple IP addresses), it should be sufficient to log the attempt without username right? Commented Mar 24, 2013 at 13:14
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    But what if you wind up logging passwords in cleartext? You have to treat the log file as full of passwords. Commented Mar 26, 2013 at 12:58