</chapter>
<chapter>
- <title>GSignond API for writing authorization plugins</title>
+ <title>GSignond API for writing authentication plugins</title>
<xi:include href="xml/gsignond-plugin-interface.xml"/>
<xi:include href="xml/gsignond-dictionary.xml"/>
<xi:include href="xml/gsignond-session-data.xml"/>
</chapter>
<chapter>
- <title>Standard in-tree authorization plugins</title>
+ <title>Standard in-tree authentication plugins</title>
<xi:include href="xml/gsignond-digest-plugin.xml"/>
<xi:include href="xml/gsignond-ssotest-plugin.xml"/>
<xi:include href="xml/gsignond-password-plugin.xml"/>
* GSignondUiPolicy:
* @GSIGNOND_UI_POLICY_DEFAULT: use a default user interaction scenario
* @GSIGNOND_UI_POLICY_REQUEST_PASSWORD: force an authorization request from the user;
- * any cached authorization tokens are discarded
+ * any cached access tokens should be discarded by the plugin.
* @GSIGNOND_UI_POLICY_NO_USER_INTERACTION: force no interaction with the user
* @GSIGNOND_UI_POLICY_VALIDATION: interaction with the user is only allowed
* for validation captchas and similar security measures
/**
* SECTION:gsignond-digest-plugin
- * @short_description: a plugin that performs HTTP Digest authorization
+ * @short_description: a plugin that performs HTTP Digest authentication
* @include: gsignond/gsignond-digest-plugin.h
*
- * #GSignondDigestPlugin performs HTTP Digest authorization without exposing
- * the password to the application. Digest authorization is described in
+ * #GSignondDigestPlugin performs HTTP Digest authentication without exposing
+ * the password to the application. Digest authentication is described in
* <ulink url="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2617">RFC 2617</ulink>.
*
* gsignond_plugin_request_initial() @session_data parameter should include
* @short_description: a plugin for retrieving the username/password
* @include: gsignond/gsignond-password-plugin.h
*
- * #GSignondPasswordPlugin is used in login/password based authorization protocols.
+ * #GSignondPasswordPlugin is used in login/password based authentication protocols.
* It returns to the applications the username and password associated with an
* identity. The plugin first checks if the daemon has placed them in
* gsignond_plugin_request_initial() @session_data parameter