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Tom: Created page with "==Full Title or Meme== The process of determine who a user is. ==Context== In the early days of computer networking is was convenient to distinguish the process of identifica..."

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Created page with "==Full Title or Meme== The process of determine who a user is. ==Context== In the early days of computer networking is was convenient to distinguish the process of identifica..."

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==Full Title or Meme==
The process of determine who a user is.

==Context==
In the early days of computer networking is was convenient to distinguish the process of identification of a user from the process of determining the [[Authorization]] of what resources that user could access.

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 ==Full Title or Meme==
-The process of determining that a user is who they say they are.
+The process of determining that an [[Entity]] is who they say they are.
 ==Context==

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 ==Solution==
-Abandon the use of the term Authentication.
+Restrict the use of the term Authentication to the process between a user asserting an [[Identifier]] and the web site accepting that identifier use as valid.
 ==Reverences==

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 ==Full Title or Meme==
-The process of determining who a user is.
+The process of determining that a user is who they say they are.
 ==Context==

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 ==Problems==
-There are multiple process that can be used to attach identity to the user trying to access a computer resource. After many years of trying to define the terms used in the previous sentence<ref>NIST https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-63-3</ref>, it has become clear that the sentence does not carry sufficient information to determine what it means.
+There are multiple process that can be used to attach identity to the user trying to access a computer resource. After many years of trying to define the terms used in the previous sentence<ref>NIST ''Digital Identity Guidelines'' https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-63-3</ref>, it has become clear that the sentence does not carry sufficient information to determine what it means.
 ==Solution==

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	==Context==		==Context==
	In the early days of computer networking is was convenient to distinguish the process of identification of a user from the process of determining the [[Authorization]] of what resources that user could access.		In the early days of computer networking is was convenient to distinguish the process of identification of a user from the process of determining the [[Authorization]] of what resources that user could access.
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		+	==Problems==
		+	There are multiple process that can be used to attach identity to the user trying to access a computer resource. After many years of trying to define the terms used in the previous sentence, it has become clear that the sentence does not carry sufficient information to determine what it means.
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		+	==Solution==
		+	Abandon the use of the term Authentication.