[cap-talk] Definition of Authentication on wiki.erights.org

[Karp, Alan H]

David-Sarah Hopwood wrote:
> 
> Therefore "subject authentication" is not correct for the term that
> distinguishes the kind of authentication that Matej and I are talking
> about, from other uses of "authentication" (which I would prefer to
> call "validation").
>
I'd prefer to call those uses "validation," too, but many (most?) people don't.  That means we have to be careful about what others hear when we use the word "authentication."

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