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Re:Instead of "auth", we should say "permissions" and "login" by bostik on Monday May 27, 2024 @01:41PM (#40492920)
The distinction was already present in Apache2 configs in early 2000's, although there authentication was "auth", and "authorisation" was authz.

Real travesty came from OAuth. A system designed to handle authorisation was named after the term for authentication.

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Re:Instead of "auth", we should say "permissions" and "login" by recursive on Monday May 27, 2024 @02:36PM (#40493343)
But then it mostly ended up getting used for authentication anyway, so maybe it was ok.
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