DEV Community

Cover image for Differences between Authentication and Authorization
Abdullah Furkan Özbek
Abdullah Furkan Özbek

Posted on

Differences between Authentication and Authorization

Security Guard

Authentication

Authentication is a process of defining that user is correct owner of any account. Which tries to identify the user before accessing the application.

Authentication

Authorization

Authorization is the process of verifying what they have access to.

If they do not have access, they will not be allowed to take that action. Keep in mind that this can be an authenticated user.

Differences

Diff

Links

Oldest comments (0)