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Wording of Authorization deefinition (was Re: protocol-27 comments #3)



>>> Hallvard B Furuseth h.b.furuseth@usit.uio.no> 11/8/04 5:59:28 AM >>
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>> 4.2. Bind Operation
>
>> Authorization is the decision of which access an operation has to the
>> directory. Among other things, the process of authorization takes as
>> input authentication information obtained during the bind operation
>> and/or other acts of authentication (such as lower layer security
>> services).
>
>Authorization can also - or instead - take as input information which is
>not normally considered acts of authentication, such as the IP number of
>time of day.
 
"can also" = "among other things", and "or instead" = "and/or"
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Jim