Oracle Application Server Portal Handbook

CHAPTER 10OracleAS Portal Users and Security

The World Wide Web, as it exists today, was never originally intended for transactional interaction with end users. For this reason, applications that run in a Web browser and that require a security model usually involve incredible amounts of complex code that maintains a user’s identity throughout the session. Developers have been assisted in developing these security models through the use of frameworks in the last couple of years, but it is still an arduous task made even more complex through the need for comprehensive testing before moving a Web-enabled application to production status. All of the features and functionality of OracleAS Portal that we’ve discussed so far in this book would be of ...