week 5 class notes: auth#16
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MadEste
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| Compare username and password? |
MadEste
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| * **Question:** Describe the difference between authentication and authorization. | ||
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Authentication verifies you are who you say you are.
Authorization verifies you have access to the requested actions.
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| * **Question:** What would happen if three different users tried to sign up with the same username? How can we prevent that? | ||
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| Validate a match in the db before committing a new document |
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Currently all three could be created with Identical usernames! Adding a unique validation before create is necessary.
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| Based on salt rounds, the value will go through 2^x rounds of hashing (generating a value from a string of text using an algorithm) |
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More rounds equals more secure hashing but requires exponentially more server resources.
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| In this case the code is not differentiating between an incorrectly entered password or username |
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To deny malicious users additional information when they try to brute force an entry.
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| We wouldn't want to send the actual password. Just the encrypted version. |
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Also additional user info such as CC#'s etc.
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