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| * **Question:** Describe the difference between authentication and authorization. | ||
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| * **Your Answer:** Authentication is that you are who you say you are, authorization is permissions that you have. |
MadEste
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| _NOTE: We will not go into this too deeply for the sake of brevity, however this is a really interesting topic! I would encourage you to look into this more on your own, if you're interested._ | ||
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| * **Your Answer:** It runs the output back in as an input to the function again, making it more secure. |
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More rounds creates a more secure hash but also exponentially increases required server resources.
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| * **Question:** Why is it important to give a non-specific error message as opposed to a message like "Password incorrect?" | ||
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| * **Your Answer:** If someone is trying a brute force attack, knowing which part, username or password, is the problem allows a hacker to exponentially decrease the time required to crack your site. |
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