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Re:Instead of "auth", we should say "permissions" and "login" by jbverschoor on Monday May 27, 2024 @01:47PM (#40492958)
Access doesn’t cover everything though. But identify seems good
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Re:Instead of "auth", we should say "permissions" and "login" by jonplackett on Monday May 27, 2024 @02:06PM (#40493090)
I think they mean use both - identity in place of login/authenticate and access in place of auth
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Re:Instead of "auth", we should say "permissions" and "login" by jbverschoor on Monday May 27, 2024 @02:59PM (#40493570)
Yeah, but access to me feels like access to records. Not necessarily permissions to do certain actions (in general or to certain records)

Iirc, Java or J2EE used “Principal”, which I found super confusing

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Re:Instead of "auth", we should say "permissions" and "login" by lupire on Monday May 27, 2024 @07:40PM (#40495870)
Principal is Identity not access.
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