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Clarify what happens after authentication. #122

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Clarify what happens after authentication.
msporny Nov 16, 2024
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Fix controller/subject typo in authentication section.
msporny Nov 16, 2024
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Expand Up @@ -1610,10 +1610,10 @@ <h2>Verification Relationships</h2>
<h2>Authentication</h2>

<p>
The `authentication` [=verification relationship=] is used to
specify how the [=controller=] is expected to be [=authenticated=], for
purposes such as logging into a website or engaging in any sort of
challenge-response protocol.
The `authentication` [=verification relationship=] is used to specify how the
[=controller=] is expected to be [=authenticated=], for purposes such as logging
into a website or engaging in any sort of challenge-response protocol. The
processing performed following authentication is application-specific.
</p>

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}
</pre>

<p>
If authentication is established, it is up to the application to decide what to
do with that information.
</p>
<p>
This is useful to any entity verifying authentication that needs to check
whether an entity that is attempting to [=authenticate=] is presenting a valid
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