ConceptAuthentication
Authentication
The process of verifying the identity of a calling party, and a foundational element of API security models. Authentication alone, however, is insufficient to prevent legitimate credentials from being misused for large-scale data access.
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Oct 13
App Check and identity authentication solve different problems: authentication answers 'who are you,' while App Check answers 'did you come through my client'; the two usually need to be enabled at the same time.
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