[3577] in WWW Security List Archive
RE: authentication vs authentification
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lester Waters)
Mon Nov 18 15:51:10 1996
From: Lester Waters <lesterw@microsoft.com>
To: "'Jim Harmon'" <jim@telecnnct.com>
Cc: "'www-security'" <www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu>,
"'mark.e.von.weihe'"
<mark.e.von.weihe@ac.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 1996 10:36:34 -0800
Errors-To: owner-www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
I've been told that the word "Authentification" is used in France...
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>From: Jim Harmon[SMTP:jim@telecnnct.com]
>Sent: Friday, November 15, 1996 9:40 PM
>To: Lester Waters
>Cc: 'www-security'; 'mark.e.von.weihe'
>Subject: Re: authentication vs authentification
>
>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
>
