[jdub]

(c.f. other comments about confusing misuse of security terminology)

An easy way to remember the difference between the As in AAA:

    Who is your daddy, and what does he do?
    ^ authentication       ^ authorisation

And the all too often forgotten final A is accounting, for which you can imagine Arnold writing down the interaction in his police notepad.

:-)

[noisy_boy]

Simplified:

    Who are you and what do you want?

[jdub]

Doesn't sound nearly as good in the original Austrian (accent).

[tomkarho]

Vorlons authenticate, Shadows authorize

[jambalaya8]

ah, but the confusion in the security model of a more-than-one-daddy family.

[pestatije]

I have shitty memory and never confused those... something else is amiss here

[ButlerianJihad]

It seems like your unnecessarily kinky mnemonic also forgot the third "A". Don't mnemonics usually cover the entire list of the thing you want to remember?

[williamcotton]

It’s a memorable quote from the movie Kindergarten Cop.

[simonjgreen]

They didn’t call it a mnemonic. They are suggesting recalling a movie scene to remember AAA. And imo, it’s a great one that I’ll be reusing to help others remember! I have to remind folks of the difference frequently at work.

[ButlerianJihad]

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mnemonic

  Especially of a series of ideas, letters, words, etc.: intended to help in remembering.

https://montypython.fandom.com/wiki/Bridge_of_Death