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RE: Blended Authentication (AKA "Granular Access Control")

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• Subject: RE: Blended Authentication (AKA "Granular Access Control")
• From: "Cavnar-Johnson, John" <JCavnar-Johnson@s...>
• Date: Wed, 7 May 2003 08:29:39 -0500
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chiusano Joseph [mailto:chiusano_joseph@b...] 
> Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2003 8:05 AM
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> I have a question regarding security, particularly 
> authentication and access control. My objective is to present 
> a concept, and find out if this concept is currently being 
> implemented in any XML-based open standards. The standards 
> that I am familiar with (without listing them) do not, 
> according to my understanding, take into account this concept.

Can you restate this example, clearly delineating when you mean
authentication (the process of identifying the user) and when you mean
authorization (determining the user's rights and privileges)? You appear to
be using authentication to cover both concepts and that makes it impossible
to answer your question.

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