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Authentication is the mechanism whereby one entity proves its identity to another. |
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Authentication is so important and relevant that it has a whole chapter in this manual. |
In the context of uPortal, we're most often talking about Authentication in the context of a person at a web browser proving his or her identity to the portal. Portals provide personalized, customized, aggregations for particular users. In order to provide this to any given user, we need to know who that user is.
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