Using WebLogic Server JNDI for Application Client Security
WebLogic Server implements JNDI security for both authentication and authorization. As you recall from Chapter 6, the JNDI naming tree is replicated across the entire cluster of WebLogic Server instances. This makes it ideal as a security-context tracking mechanism. Virtually every service in WebLogic Server is registered in the JNDI naming tree. ACLs are defined in the WebLogic Server console and stored in the WebLogic Server realm. These ACLs determine what principals (users or groups) are allowed access to given resources.
JNDI authentication and authorization in WebLogic Server security realms works by allowing application clients to do lookups into the JNDI tree to find objects to ...
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