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Fix incorrect match type descriptions in security docs #16935

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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions content/en/docs/concepts/security/index.md
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Expand Up @@ -710,9 +710,9 @@ Most fields in authorization policies support all the following matching
schemas:

- Exact match: exact string match.
- Prefix match: a string with an ending `"*"`. For example, `"test.abc.*"`
- Suffix match: a string with an ending `"*"`. For example, `"test.abc.*"`
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There is an extra space between 'Suffix' and 'match'.

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- Suffix match: a string with an ending `"*"`. For example, `"test.abc.*"`
- Suffix match: a string with an ending `"*"`. For example, `"test.abc.*"`

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matches `"test.abc.com"`, `"test.abc.com.cn"`, `"test.abc.org"`, etc.
- Suffix match: a string with a starting `"*"`. For example, `"*.abc.com"`
- Prefix match: a string with a starting `"*"`. For example, `"*.abc.com"`
matches `"eng.abc.com"`, `"test.eng.abc.com"`, etc.
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The definitions for prefix and suffix matches are reversed. Correct wording should be: 'Prefix match: a string with an ending "" (e.g., "test.abc.")' and 'Suffix match: a string with a starting "" (e.g., ".abc.com")'.

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- Presence match: `*` is used to specify anything but not empty. To specify
that a field must be present, use the `fieldname: ["*"]`format. This is
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