WHAT is Authentication and Authorization

Hi guys,First let me give a short information of me .I am 14 year old ,i am also learning cyber security.You can follow me on Twitter here

Today i will explain about Authentication and Authorization

* Authentication means ,process of recongnizing a user’s identity ,different applications may need different types of credentials ,they may be your username and Passwoard etc.

when you enter your username and passwoard while you login to any website ,here your username and password is combination is the major way to authenticate your identity.

Authorization means , a security mechanism where user’s or clients allowed to privileges (only have asccess to those ) ,they might be files,folders etcAPI KEYSBASIC AUTHHMAC (Hash message authentication code)OAUTHFULLRESTRICTEDHIDDEN

TJ