I agree. I can date authc and authz back at least 10 years (symbols for
constants in DCE). I don't know where Joe got them from before that.
Hal
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Hodges [mailto:]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 3:12 AM
> To: OASIS SSTC use
> Subject: abbreviations for authentication and authorization
>
>
> Darren Platt <> wrote..
> > Abbreviations - Please, Please Don't Use 'Auth'!!!
>
> I've observed a fair amount of usage of "authn" for
> authentication, and "authz"
> for "authorization".
>
> I agree we shouldn't use the abbreviation "auth" because it
> is quite ambiguous
> in our context.
>
> Aesthetically, I've never really liked "az" or "azn" for
> authorization,
> especially when being used alongside some variation of "auth(n)" for
> authentication.
>
> JeffH
>
