Just curious, as I am trying to get authentication/authorization done
right myself...

If you only use it for authentication, then why don't you just use the
security provided by J2EE?

Bart.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ralph Goers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 10:54 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Authentication
> 
> Sorry this is late. I've been on vacation.
> 
> JAAS is just a framework, it doesn't actually do any authentication of
its
> own.  The "advantage" you get with JAAS is that it supposedly allows
you
> to
> integrate it with multiple applications.  In practice this isn't so
easy.
> 
> I am using JAAS behind Cocoon's authentication framework, but I am not
> using JAAS for authorization. I found that it didn't make a lot of
> sense.  Frankly, after doing it I'm not sure the authentication part
does
> either.
> 
> Ralph
> 
> At 9/20/2004  09:03 AM, you wrote:
> >The cocoon authentication framework allows you to use an
authenticator
> >class.  Why can't you just plug JAAS into this class and have the
best of
> >both worlds?
> >
> >Regards
> >Jorg
> >
> >Jennifer Yip wrote:
> >>Sorry guys - just came out of a long meeting on Security /
> Authentication
> >>and the question raised was:
> >>Is J2EE or JAAS container managed security better than that found in
the
> >>cocoon (portal) authentication framework?
> >>Any help appreciated before this meeting continues in the morning
> >>Regards
> >>JENNY

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