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registry feature can be developed to support virtually any user registry that is not
implemented by WebSphere Application Server.
However, note that developing a custom software registry is decidedly non-trivial, and
developing one which is truly secure is even far more complex than that. There are a number
of reasons for this, but chief amongst them is that the WebSphere Application Server security
mechanisms are initialized and enabled well before other WebSphere Application Server
services, such as data sources and enterprise beans. There will therefore be a great deal of
software that you will ...