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(c.f. other comments about confusing misuse of security terminology) An easy way to remember the difference between the As in AAA: Who is your daddy, and
by jdub 2mo ago
(c.f. other comments about confusing misuse of security terminology)
An easy way to remember the difference between the As in AAA:
Who is your daddy, and what does he do?
^ authentication ^ authorisation
And the all too often forgotten final A is accounting, for which you can imagine Arnold writing down the interaction in his police notepad.
:-)
- noisy_boy 2mo agoSimplified: Who are you and what do you want?
- ButlerianJihad 2mo agoIt seems like your unnecessarily kinky mnemonic also forgot the third "A". Don't mnemonics usually cover the entire list of the thing you want to remember?
- williamcotton 2mo agoIt’s a memorable quote from the movie Kindergarten Cop.
- simonjgreen 2mo agoThey didn’t call it a mnemonic. They are suggesting recalling a movie scene to remember AAA. And imo, it’s a great one that I’ll be reusing to help others remember! I have to remind folks of the difference frequently at work.
- ButlerianJihad 2mo agohttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mnemonic https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mnemonic Especially of a series of ideas, letters, words, etc.: intended to help in remembering. https://montypython.fandom.com/wiki/Bridge_of_Death https://montypython.fandom.com/wiki/Bridge_of_Death
- simonjgreen 2mo agoTIL! So they have it covered then in their final sentence?
- pestatije 2mo agoI have shitty memory and never confused those... something else is amiss here
- jambalaya8 2mo agoah, but the confusion in the security model of a more-than-one-daddy family.
- jambalaya8 2mo agoah, the tragic truth of there being no daddy at all alive. alice bawled.
- cindyllm 2mo ago[dead]
- Ferret7446 2mo agoThe English isn't that hard to remember though. Authentication == determine whether it is authentic (you are who you say you are). Authorization == are you authorized to do something (I know who you are but you are not authorized to do something). I hope the average reading level hasn't fallen to the point where that is confusing.