[IDS] Question on Athen, Author Righs

[IDS] Question on Athen, Author Righs

Dave Whitehead dhw at insightbb.com
Wed Apr 14 13:19:37 UTC 2010


Randy Turner wrote:
>
> Hi Glen,
>
> You can also have "rights" to access a device, not only a document -- 
> you can have "rights" or "privileges" to access any "resource"
>
> Authorize is the "verb" and a right or privilege is a "noun"  -- so 
> the way I think about it, "Authorization" is a process whereby a 
> "right" is determined for a particular identity.
>
> Randy
>
>
> On Apr 13, 2010, at 3:52 PM, Petrie, Glen wrote:
>
>> All,
>>  
>> In the face-to-face meeting there was a discussion about the 
>> following three areas
>>  
>> Authentication
>> Authorization
>> Rights
>>  
>> During the discussion, it was stated that Authorization and Rights 
>> are the same thing.  I thought the terms  had slightly different 
>> meaning; more precisely different meaning depending on context;  that is,
>>  
>>  
>> Authentication refers to “are you who you say you are”.  Applies to 
>> users mostly but also applies to devices.
>>  
>> Authorization refers to “you are allowed to do and/or use this 
>> equipment and these capabilities, etc.   Applies to a user in 
>> reference to a device.
>> --- User A is authorized to print on printer A, in color, 
>> Monday-to-Friday.
>>  
>> Rights, more specifically, Digital Rights refers to “you are allowed 
>> to do and/or use this content (document) and how.  Applies to a user 
>> in reference to a document.
>> --- User A has the rights to view this document only.
>>  
>> Are these broad distinctions basically correct; so that Authorization 
>> should not be construed to be Rights.
>>  
>>  
>> Glen
>>  
>>  
>>  
>>
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Yep, and "authentication" establishes/defines the the particular 
identity/entity.

dhw


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