# Scattered Auth Implementations

> Reimplementing authentication separately in each service instead of centralizing it.

Record: `lexicon:scattered-auth-implementations`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Execution Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/execution-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-scattered-auth-implementations

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Pure Choreography](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/pure-choreography.md) and before [Scattered Configuration](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/scattered-configuration.md).

## Category

- [Control / Coordination / Centralization](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/control-coordination-centralization.md)

## Negated by

- [Centralized Authentication](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/centralized-authentication.md)

## Linked from

- [Control / Coordination / Centralization](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-control-coordination-centralization.md)