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At the end of the post he did write "From a technical perspective, authentication defines who someone is and authorization defines what they have permission to
by staunch 16y ago
At the end of the post he did write "From a technical perspective, authentication defines who someone is and authorization defines what they have permission to do. However, I didn't find that terminology useful for my purposes here."
- jdp23 16y agoActually, identity is who you are, and authentication is proving it.
- tptacek 16y agoWas that there an hour ago? I'm surprised I missed it.
- Mz 16y agoI have no idea but on at least one occasion someone changed what their article said after I remarked on it on HN. HN is pretty well known. I wouldn't be surprised if they updated it because of your remark, as appears to have happened once in a different article/blog because of a remark I made (thus making me look "dumb" at the time).
- andrewpbrett 16y agoIt was not there an hour ago - I would like to think that I was the impetus, as I saw it right when he posted and immediately replied: https://twitter.com/#!/andrewpbrett/status/56503853184598016 https://twitter.com/#!/andrewpbrett/status/56503853184598016