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What is the difference between authentication and authorization?

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  1. What is the difference between authentication and authorization?
  2. What is multi-factor authentication (MFA)?
  3. What is the principle of least privilege?
  4. What is OAuth commonly used for?
  5. What is a JWT (JSON Web Token)?
  6. Why should passwords be stored hashed rather than in plaintext?
  7. Why should authentication tokens/cookies be transmitted over HTTPS?
  8. What is a common way to authenticate a user?
  9. What does role-based access control (RBAC) do?
  10. What is a session in web authentication?
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