Hi,

I think this is a bug; if I remember correctly this package was not
exported by the Eclipse jetty jar in some version, therefore we added it
to the exclude list. But it seems to be exported by Eclipse jetty for
some time now, but we forgot to update our exclude list :(

Regards

Carsten


Rob Walker wrote
> Wondering on the use of PrivatePackage for the
> org.eclipse.jetty.security.authentication package.
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> Admittedly, it is rather internal and a boundary case, but it’s one our
> implementation does make use of as part of wiring JAAS handling into
> HTTP security authentication.
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> We can get around it fairly easy by generating our own bundle with a
> modified manifest. Just wondering on the rationale behind making this
> specific package private?
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> Cheers all
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