Auth

3 years ago by simple to c/programmer_humor

most_likely_bollocks 21 points 3 years ago

It’s really not that hard. Authentication is about proving the identity of the subject e.g. logging in using information only known / in possession by the subject (password, mfa etc). Authorization is about establishing what permissions that identity has in a given context. E.g. is this identity allowed to create/read/update/delete these resources. Authorization is typically done through roles (RBAC) or more granulary through attributes (ABAC).

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csm10495 13 points 3 years ago

Now how does this compare to AuthN and AuthZ...

Holy crap after writing that AuthN must be authentication and AuthZ must be authorization.

I'm a genius.

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most_likely_bollocks 3 points 3 years ago

Indeed you are ;)

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carl_the_grackle 18 points 3 years ago

Just call it a11n or a12n and nobody will know if they can't count or if you can't count

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kensand 13 points 3 years ago

And even with 'AuthN' vs 'AuthZ' it always takes me a minute to spell them out and work out which is which

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blackstrat 5 points 3 years ago

What's this authN / authZ business?

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RandomDevOpsDude 14 points 3 years ago

AutheNtication vs. AuthoriZation, I believe

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blackstrat 6 points 3 years ago

How's that supposed to help?

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dreadgoat 21 points 3 years ago

AuthN is: I claim to be dreadgoat, but how can I prove it? (login, password, mfa)
AuthZ is: Now that you know I am dreadgoat, do I have permission to post this comment? (access control, roles, attributes)

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SpezCanLigmaBalls 3 points 3 years ago

It doesn’t

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RandomDevOpsDude 1 point 3 years ago

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SpaceNoodle 2 points 3 years ago

AutheNtication

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RandomDevOpsDude 2 points 3 years ago

Ahh, that would make more sense, thank you - corrected

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kensand 6 points 3 years ago

That's the thing, nobody really knows!

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bsdGuy0 6 points 3 years ago

Who doesn't like compounding two words with different meaning by definition, but for some inexpiable reason have the same meaning in the programming world, by shortening them?

Now the poor, average programmer has to deal with strange words. One such example is "permission," which is normally used within a casual context, rather then within a more serious context, like a program handling secure data. The poor programmer can now no longer take his job seriously, and is now forever in an existential crisis, due to the lack of formality. ;)

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yoast 5 points 3 years ago

I made a class one time called Auther that did both. Got some chuckles in the code review so I was pretty happy with that

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nibblebit 3 points 3 years ago

Access Control

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