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I recall reading a rant on another site about someone so upset they had to deal with clueless noobs at work.

They then went on to list the errors that this brand new entry level employee had made when writing ... an authentication system ...

I was more than a little shocked when I realized they were serious and hadn't realized the issue was sending the new entry level guy to do that job alone.

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I would expect most seniors to want a set of eyes across their work doing any form of authk or z. If only to share blame :p

> authk

I've always seen authn. Where'd you pick this usage up?

You need to distinguish authentication from authorization. "auth9n" and "auth8n" might be a slight bit too obsure for the purpose.

Generally authentication is authn and authorization is authz

What a completely nonresponsive "response". To the best of my knowledge, no one has ever even tried to use auth9n or auth8n. But that's not where the 'n' in authn comes from. authn and authk are both equally distinct from authz.

You appear to be unfamiliar with the extremely common, and problematic, abbreviation "i18n" for "internationalization".

For my part, I have not encountered "authn", "authz", or "authk" before. But prior discussion did not even mention the word "authorization", and that seemed worth bringing out in the open.

So, not nonresponsive, just responsive to things you weren't personally interested in.

good question! I meant authn. I think I just subbed in the phonic from the ..cation part of the word.

You get my upvote both for having a friendly response, and because your answer is what my brain filled in and I’m glad I don’t need to learn a new shorthand.

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