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		scott_w 23 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I can't recommend Grafana anymore I work in this area and even I don’t know what AuthC is!

echelon 22 days ago | [–]

AuthN is supposed to mean authentication.

The problem is that authorization also has an "n" in the word.

Enter authC.

tgv 23 days ago | [–]

They are absurd abbreviations. The first distinguishing letter comes right after auth, so ... let's hide it?

lelandfe 19 days ago | [–]

The other fun thing is that authC and authZ sound identical for certain accents

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