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API Security - Reword API key "authentication" to "identification" #38

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TimGoodwill opened this issue Aug 5, 2020 · 1 comment
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The statement in the API Security section “API keys MUST be used for client authentication” is misleading – API keys are client identification, and are not secure or robust enough a mechanism to be considered ‘authentication’. This statement should be re-worded to replace 'authentication' with 'identification'

@TimGoodwill TimGoodwill changed the title Reword API key "authentication" to "identification" API Security - Reword API key "authentication" to "identification" Aug 6, 2020
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rakeshjs commented Aug 7, 2020

Yes, endorse the above statement as API Key is better categorized as a client identification mechanism rather than authentication.

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