Re: [OT] Is "Authentification" a Real Word?

From: Casey Schaufler (casey@sgi.com)
Date: 04/26/02 

From: Casey Schaufler <casey@sgi.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 10:57:45 -0700

Alun Jones wrote:
>
> In article <2743d22e.0204260636.2fcc1c2e@posting.google.com>,
> totengraber666@yahoo.com (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Totengr=E4ber?=) wrote:
> >I have some people that I work with who insist in using the term
> >"authentification" when referring to any kind of user/password
> >exchange. Every time I hear them use this term, my mind freaks out
> >with the sudden urge to correct them. Personally, I've never heard of
> >this "word" and I'm pretty sure they mean to say "authentication". I
> >mean, who has ever heard the word "authentificate" as opposed to
> >"authenticate"? If someone could tell me if this is a real word and
> >its definition, I'd greatly appreciate it.
>
> Sure it's a real word, deriving from the Latin roots "authenticus" and "faex".
> Specifically, "authentification" is the determination that something is "the
> real ***".

The term was coined by Ana Maria De Alvare while at
Lawrence Livermore Labs, and popularized through her
work with the POSIX P1003.6 standards development group.
I hadn't heard it for some time. 

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