From 14531a10fd32d603b4b086b6ff93c11f470a4e3e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aaron Hanusa Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2018 15:51:36 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Update claims.md (#5345) --- aspnetcore/security/authorization/claims.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/aspnetcore/security/authorization/claims.md b/aspnetcore/security/authorization/claims.md index e7637bd982..cecbf56c56 100644 --- a/aspnetcore/security/authorization/claims.md +++ b/aspnetcore/security/authorization/claims.md @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ uid: security/authorization/claims -When an identity is created it may be assigned one or more claims issued by a trusted party. A claim is name value pair that represents what the subject is, not what the subject can do. For example, you may have a driver's license, issued by a local driving license authority. Your driver's license has your date of birth on it. In this case the claim name would be `DateOfBirth`, the claim value would be your date of birth, for example `8th June 1970` and the issuer would be the driving license authority. Claims based authorization, at its simplest, checks the value of a claim and allows access to a resource based upon that value. For example if you want access to a night club the authorization process might be: +When an identity is created it may be assigned one or more claims issued by a trusted party. A claim is a name value pair that represents what the subject is, not what the subject can do. For example, you may have a driver's license, issued by a local driving license authority. Your driver's license has your date of birth on it. In this case the claim name would be `DateOfBirth`, the claim value would be your date of birth, for example `8th June 1970` and the issuer would be the driving license authority. Claims based authorization, at its simplest, checks the value of a claim and allows access to a resource based upon that value. For example if you want access to a night club the authorization process might be: The door security officer would evaluate the value of your date of birth claim and whether they trust the issuer (the driving license authority) before granting you access.