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<p class="p">Identification is the ability to identify uniquely a user of a system or an application that is running in the system. Authentication is the ability to prove that a user or application is genuinely who they claim to be. For example, consider a user who logs on to a system by entering a user ID and password. The system uses the user ID to identify the user and, at the time of log-on, authenticates the user by checking that the supplied password is correct.</p>
<p>Authentication is used within Rhapsody to restrict access to the Rhapsody Engine when using client interfaces such as Rhapsody IDE and the Management Console.</p>
<p>It is possible to configure secure communication channels within Rhapsody to external systems which result in authentication of mutual parties.</p>
<p><span style="line-height: 13.0pt;background-color: transparent;">For details on identification and authentication services in Rhapsody, refer to:</span></p>
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<li class="p"><a href="Logging-on-to-Rhapsody-IDE_133164371.html">Logging on to Rhapsody IDE</a>.</li>
<li class="p"><a href="Accessing-the-Management-Console_133163988.html">Accessing the Management Console</a>.</li>
<li class="p"><p><a href="User-Management_133161038.html">User Management</a>.</p></li>
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