# <cfauthenticate>

Authenticates a user, setting a security context for the application.

For more information, see the descriptions of IsAuthenticated and AuthenticatedContext.

This tag **cannot** have a body.
This tag is also supported within [<cfscript>](script.md)

**Status:** deprecated

```
<cfauthenticate>
```

*This tag does not use any attributes.*

# Examples

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