Re: terminology: authentication / authorization

On Fri, Jul 09, 2004 at 03:21:18PM -0400, John Leslie wrote:
| > Most authentication credentials conflate authorization information
| > in some degree.
| 
|    If you insist on "conflate", I'll have to disagree. To the extent
| you mean "combine", though, I'm willing to agree. (I've long since
| given up hope anyone will believe I don't _enjoy_ semantic arguments.)

I think we need to agree on terminology here.

Is there an RFC that defines "conflate" versus "combine"?

Just kidding.  :)