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aliases: authz
topic: authorization
display_name: Authorization
short_description: Authorization is the act of deciding whether a subject has permission to perform an action on a resource.
wikipedia_url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorization
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Authorization is the process of granting or denying permissions based on rules. This should not be confused with authentication, which is the act of verifying someone's identitiy.
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