Friday, March 13, 2009

What is the Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS)

Question :What is the Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS)
1.0? (EJB)

Answer :The Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS) provides a way
for a J2EE application to authenticate and authorize a specific user or group
of users to run it. JAAS is a Java programing language version of the
standard Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) framework that extends
the Java 2 platform security architecture to support user-based
authorization.

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