J2EE™ Security for Servlets, EJBs and Web Services: Applying Theory and Standards to Practice

Preface

A few years ago, before J2EE (Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition) became such a dominant platform for building enterprise systems and long before Web services became central to the IT^[1] strategy of every small and big company, I was tasked with helping a small company use one of our products more effectively. This company, which must remain unnamed for reasons of privacy and professional conduct, was setting up an infrastructure for creation of a dynamic and collaborative community of businesses so that their people and systems could exchange digital content and information over the Internet in the most appropriate, secure and timely manner. Our sales and marketing department did a good job in convincing them that our soon to be released ...