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25 articles tagged J2EE / Jakarta EE.

What is Authentication?

  • Authentication
  • J2EE / Jakarta EE
  • Web Services

I’ve talked about authentication many times on ThinkMiddleware.com. It recently occurred to me that I have never devoted a blog post to defining authentication. I’ve had a section on the subject in a couple of different places, but I wanted to have an article to reference from other posts. So, here…

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Servlet Container Authentication

  • Authentication
  • J2EE / Jakarta EE
  • HTTP

There are three required authentication mechanisms supported by a compliant Servlet Container: HTTP Basic Authentication, Form-based Authentication, and CLIENT_CERT authentication. There is a fourth authentication method, DIGEST, that isn’t used very often in my experience. This final…

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Summary of J2EE Specs

  • J2EE / Jakarta EE
  • Standards & Specs
  • Java

If you were ever looking for a summary of each version of the J2EE Spec, it can take a few minutes to find it. So, here is a summary. The J2EE Specification is actually collection of numerous different Java-based technology specifications.

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A Simple Web Application

  • J2EE / Jakarta EE
  • LDAP
  • Java

In order to test J2EE Security with the Security Realm and Openldap User Repository we created in the last article in this series, we need an application to protect. The focus of this article is to create a very simple web application that can be protected by J2EE Security.

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J2EE Security

  • J2EE / Jakarta EE
  • Java
  • Security

The article continues the series discussing J2EE Security and its related concepts. The following brings together the numerous concepts discussed in the past articles.

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