Scott Prelewicz wrote:
Pardon my supreme ignorance ;), but can someone explain what authz/authen
is?

authen = Authentication authz = Authorization

Authentication is the act of verifying who a user is.
Authorization is is the act of verifying if the user determined in the Authentication step has permission to perform the given action. Authz/Authen are just the shorthand Apache uses.


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Michael Peters
Developer
Plus Three, LP


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