- What are authentication and authorization?
Authentication is a process in which a system verifies or identifies the incoming requests through credentials (generally a user ID and password). If the system finds that the provided credentials are wrong, then it notifies the user (generally via a message on the GUI screen) and terminates the authorization process.
Authorization always comes after authentication. This is a process that allows the authenticated user who raised the request to access resources or data after verifying that they have access to the specific resources or data
- Is it safe to use authentication at the first level of a request and then allow incoming requests for restricted areas?
This is not always safe. As developers, we should take all necessary steps to make our application...
