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"Principals" imply an identity-based authentication system, whereas "credential" is more generic and useful for both identity-based and authorization-centric credentials.

Overall I think this makes things a bit more standard and easier to understand.

"Principals" imply an identity-based authentication system, whereas
"credential" is more generic and useful for both identity-based and
authorization-centric credentials.

Overall I think this makes things a bit more standard and easier to
understand.
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FYI @thirstscolr @stouset @lukaszx0

tarcieri added a commit that referenced this pull request Feb 11, 2016
@tarcieri tarcieri merged commit 78ff735 into master Feb 11, 2016
@tarcieri tarcieri deleted the tarcieri/credentials branch February 11, 2016 06:18
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