not sure personally...you could check the servlet spec but it may depend on your container.
how does this pertain to your cactus use? (Or is it a general question?) Cheers, nick -----Original Message----- From: Natalie Vilenkin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 8:02 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: filter and authentication Hello. To our knowledge, a request for a servlet is followed by an authentication done by the web server (for example Base / Form authentication etc.). We are interested in using the filtering mechanism (javax.servlet.Filter). Our question is: What happens before what when a request is made by a client: Filtering and then authentication, or authentication an then filtering a) client -> filter -> authentication -> servlet or b) client -> authentication -> filter -> servlet Thanks in advance, Ilana and Natalie -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
