Chapter 18. Authentication and Authorization
There comes a point in most projects when you need to be able to restrict access to certain parts of your web site. This might be so that you can create an administration area or because your users are storing private information and want to know their data is password protected. To do this, you will need to implement a security system that can confirm the identity of a user and then restrict the pages each user has access to based on their permissions to each area. These two processes are known as authentication and authorization.
Authentication is typically performed by asking a visitor for their username and password. If the visitor enters the correct password, you can be fairly sure they are who ...
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