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Asked at Amazon • 2 years ago
What is the difference between authentication and authorization?
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"Authentication verifies "Who you are." Authorization determines "What you can do." Authentication establishes identity, while authorization specifies the actions or resources a user or entity is allowed to access or perform."
Surbhi A. - "Authentication verifies "Who you are." Authorization determines "What you can do." Authentication establishes identity, while authorization specifies the actions or resources a user or entity is allowed to access or perform."See full answer
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Asked at Booking.com, Google • a year ago
Design a metrics and logging service.
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"For somebody who needs accessibility accommodation, this doesn't have a transcript so it is not useful to me."
Shivastuti K. - "For somebody who needs accessibility accommodation, this doesn't have a transcript so it is not useful to me."See full answer
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Asked at Apple, Citi • 19 days ago
Coin Change
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Medium
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9 answers I was asked this
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"The example given is wrong. The 2nd test case should have answer 3, as we can get to 6 by using 3 coins of denomination 2."
Anmol R. - "The example given is wrong. The 2nd test case should have answer 3, as we can get to 6 by using 3 coins of denomination 2."See full answer
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Asked at Microsoft, Excel Impact • 3 months ago
Question related to data architecture.
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2 answers I was asked this
"voice"
Ravi K. - "voice"See full answer
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