[bazil376]

I like it. The distinction between Authn and Authz isn’t nearly as obviously as login and permission. Sometimes I feel like we enjoy fancy terms more than we enjoy unambiguous terms.

[ziddoap]

>login and permission.

These words do not capture everything that authorization and authentication entail. As stated several times in this thread, permissions are specific part of what authorization entails, not the entirety.

>Sometimes I feel like we enjoy fancy terms more than we enjoy unambiguous terms

Authorization and authentication are unambiguous.

[coffeebeqn]

Especially when English is not your first language. These words are long and easy to mix up

[rockemsockem]

I can empathize with this struggle, but I don't think that warrants changing terminology.

[lelanthran]

> Sometimes I feel like we enjoy fancy terms more than we enjoy unambiguous terms.

Could be we just enjoy precision more than anything else.

For lay people, maybe authn and authz are poor words. For those of us working with those words, they're a lot better than login and permission. I don't really want to call a function to get a "permission code" instead of an "authorization code".

[ghnws]

Authorization code? Do you mean authentication?

[lelanthran]

I don't mean authentication. An authorization code is something that is handed out to already authenticated identities.

[danielmarkbruce]

No, they probably don't. They probably know exactly what they are saying.

[cpdean]

But how else will I signal my superiority over others if I use clear language???

[bazil376]

;)