How do authentication and authorization differ?
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Correct answer: Authentication verifies the identity of a person accessing a network, and authorization determines what resource a user can access..
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Authentication is the process of verifying a user's identity, often through credentials like a username and password. It answers the question, "Are you who you say you are?" Authorization, on the other hand, determines what actions or resources an authenticated user is permitted to access. It answers the question, "What are you allowed to do?" The first incorrect option incorrectly swaps the definitions. The third option misdefines both terms, especially authorization. The fourth option correctly defines authentication but incorrectly defines authorization as syslog message creation, which is a logging function, not access control.
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