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title: "What is Authentication and Authorization?"  
description: "What is Authentication and Authorization?"  
author: "Sumit Kesarwani"  
published: 2013-12-17  
updated: 2020-09-18  
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category: "c#"  
tags: ["c#"]  
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# What is Authentication and Authorization?

Authentication is the process of identifying users. Authentication is identifying/validating the user against the credentials (username and password) and Authorization performs after authentication.

Authorization is the process of granting access to those users based on identity. Authorization allowing access of specific resource to user.

## Answers

### Answer by Sumit Kesarwani

Authentication is the process of identifying users. Authentication is identifying/validating the user against the credentials (username and password) and Authorization performs after authentication.

Authorization is the process of granting access to those users based on identity. Authorization allowing access of specific resource to user.


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