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Authentication and Authorization

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In this lesson, we teach what you need to know about authentication and authorization in system design interviews.

In the last lesson, we mentioned that companies have three basic tools to keep secure data safe, and we described the first (encryption) in detail. This lesson will cover the other two: authentication and authorization.

  • Authentication is the process of proving you are who you say you are w...

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