// , “It is not so important to be serious as it is to be serious about the important things. The monkey wears an expression of seriousness... but the monkey is serious because he itches."(No/No)
// , I don't work with .NET much, or even like it, but I love your simple explanation of the difference between authentication and authorization, Stephany.
Authentication is a process to know who you are.
Authorization is the process to know if you can do what you want.
This is gold. There's also the idea of identity, which is just who you are, as opposed to Authentication, a process to know, or prove who you are.
I've whiteboarded this so many times, and it's great to see someone who understands how these different processes fit together, and why we should discriminate among their separate purposes.
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// , I don't work with .NET much, or even like it, but I love your simple explanation of the difference between authentication and authorization, Stephany.
This is gold. There's also the idea of
identity, which is just who you are, as opposed to Authentication, a process to know, or prove who you are.I've whiteboarded this so many times, and it's great to see someone who understands how these different processes fit together, and why we should discriminate among their separate purposes.