Java Security Classes
To explain the implementation of Java security we must first understand several key terms. Java system security, in a nutshell, is concerned with protection domains as implemented by the java.security.ProtectionDomain class. A protection domain associates a code source (java.security.CodeSource) with a principal (java.security.Principal) and also associates a code source with a set of permissible actions (java.security.Permission) (see Figure 8-1).
A code source (CodeSource) represents the location where the code was loaded, what is commonly known as a codebase (java.net.URL). This could be a local file system or a network location. Associated with the code source are principals represented by the security certificates. ...
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