What is the difference between authentication and authorization?

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Authentication verifies the identity of a user and Authorization is a process where you can check whether or not the identity has access rights to the system. In other words, you can say thatand authentication is a procedure of getting some credentials from the users and verify the user's identity against those credentials. Authorization is a procedure of granting access of particular resourcesand to an authenticated user. You should note that authentication always takes place before authorization.

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What is the difference between authentication and authorization?

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