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

[James A. Donald]

Rob Meijer wrote:
 > authentication: "validating the authenticity of
 > something or someone"
 >
 > identification : "the condition of having the identity
 > (of a person or object) established."
 >
 > Although the two are strongly related, it seems that
 > the definition on the wiki is simply confusing th two
 > concepts in an understandable way.

A good example of the distinction is proof of age.
Chances are that you do not want to prove identity at a
website where you want to prove age.  Thus
authenticating that you are over 18 is distinct from
identifying yourself.