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There should be a unified theory that all auth can be stacked on top of. Like, a theory of secure communication, that deals with the problem of adding security/
by Kinrany 2y ago
There should be a unified theory that all auth can be stacked on top of. Like, a theory of secure communication, that deals with the problem of adding security/reliability/etc. properties to a communication channel.
- efitz 2y agoThere is a lot of formal research on both authentication and authorization. IIRC Butler Lampson’s Turing Award was based on work he did in that area: https://amturing.acm.org/award_winners/lampson_1142421.cfm https://amturing.acm.org/award_winners/lampson_1142421.cfm