[3561] in WWW Security List Archive
Re: authentication vs authentification
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jim Harmon)
Sat Nov 16 03:05:48 1996
Date: Sat, 16 Nov 1996 00:40:45 -0500
From: Jim Harmon <jim@telecnnct.com>
To: Lester Waters <lesterw@microsoft.com>
Cc: "'www-security'" <www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu>,
"'mark.e.von.weihe'" <mark.e.von.weihe@ac.com>
Errors-To: owner-www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
Lester Waters wrote:
>
> Sounds like a term made up by some marketing person...
>
> >----------
> >From: mark.e.von.weihe[SMTP:mark.e.von.weihe@ac.com]
> >Sent: Thursday, November 14, 1996 12:15 AM
> >To: www-security
> >Subject: authentication vs authentification
> >
> >My site is currently doing basic authentication. I'm investigating new
> >schemes
> >and just came upon a company that offers "solutions for encryption,
> >authentication, and authentification." Where's this -f- coming from? I've
> >searched for a definition, but they seem to be used interchangeably;
> >frequently
> >in non-English language sites. Can someone clear this up?
> >
I've looked in my dictionary and can't find authentification, however it
has a familiar sound/feel to it.
I believe I've heard the word referenced in regard to a process of
certification. Authentication means to verify that you are who you say
you are.
I think authentification/Certification would mean that once you've
proved it, you can verify to others who you are.
Perhaps what they're actually saying is that once a remote host is
authenticated, the local server will repeat the authentication to other
servers/hosts... kind of like "referral authentication". Maybe?
--
Jim Harmon The Telephone Connection
jim@telecnnct.com Rockville, Maryland
