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Re: Auth

Ron Rivest says:
> Is there a better name than "auth"??  This is a made-up word, or an
> abbreviation for "authorization".  

Ron, I think we're going too far. Certainly our users are going
to be complete imbeciles, but nonetheless I'd say enough it
enough. "auth" is as good as any. Plus, it has ab extra
benefit of reflecting precisely what the field means.

[Do the words like "IRS", "USA", "camcoder" bother you too? :-]
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