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Java EE 8 Development with Eclipse - Third Edition
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Java EE 8 Development with Eclipse - Third Edition

by Ram Kulkarni
June 2018
Intermediate to advanced
596 pages
12h 39m
English
Packt Publishing
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Authentication and authorization in JEE

Authentication is the process of verifying that the user is who he or she is claiming to be. This is typically done by asking the user to provide a username and password. Another way to verify the client identity is by asking for client certificates. In this chapter, we will look at password authentication only.

Authorization is the process of determining whether a user is allowed to perform certain actions in the application. The JEE specification allows role-based authorization. In the application, you specify roles that can perform an action, or access a resource, and then add users to these roles.

Unfortunately, securing JEE applications, as per JEE specifications, is not completely server-independent. ...

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