This 10-Minute Solution provides a brief introduction to the Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS) architecture, API, and programming model. It covers both authentication and authorization with JAAS, providing full working code examples that demonstrate JAAS security in action.
by Kyle Gabhart
November 7, 2002
More than ever before, corporations are clamoring to evaluate their security architectures and identify any gaps. The Java platform, and specifically the J2EE platform, provides some of the most robust application-level security available today. The Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS), which was introduced as an optional security package for the Java 2 SDK, Standard Edition, version 1.3, has been formally included as a part of the standard Java packages as of version 1.4.
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