What do you mean by authentication and authorization

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What do you mean by authentication and authorization..

Answer / skmdali786

Simple answer to this is as follows Authentication is process
of finding whether the user is valid.Example username and
password u enter in mail page.That process is authentication
Authorization is the process of holding rights for particular
task.Example: Usually admin have right to install software in
companies and others are not granted this right.

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What do you mean by authentication and authorization..

Answer / priya

authorization means asking a user a legal login id , if a user is able to provide a legal login id, he/she is considered an authorized person.
authentication is also a termed as password protection, as the authorized user is asked to provide a valid password, and if he/she is able to do this .he/she is considered to be an authentic user

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What do you mean by authentication and authorization..

Answer / aadesh kumar

Authentication is the process of validating a user on the credentials (username and password) and authorization performs after authentication. After Authentication a user will be verified for performing the various tasks, It access is limited it is known as authorization.

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