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Identity cs Authn vs Authz #1

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roelstorms opened this issue Dec 29, 2016 · 0 comments
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Identity cs Authn vs Authz #1

roelstorms opened this issue Dec 29, 2016 · 0 comments

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Hi,

I was going through your slides for some inspiration and found the explanation on slide 9:

"Real-life: bouncer at a club
Traditional apps: Username is identity, password is authentication, authorization is checking user has role to access a particular feature
Modern apps: Identity is a token, authentication is verifying that token, authorization is using information in that token e.g. a claim (which we’ll explain next)"

I would say that there is a difference between authorization and access control. Authorization is establishing IF a user has access (based on authorization information such as roles, attributes, etc). Access control is enforcing the desicion. Maybe it makes sense to explicitly mention access control on the slides.

Kind regards,

Roel

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