Hi!

Pranab Dhar wrote:
>          Am I correct in thinking that once a user credential or
> principal is
> passed from a client( java program or servlet etc.) jboss will do the
> authentication
> on its own using JAAS.

"Will do", as in "this is how jBoss will authenticate users once it is
implemented". :-) Yes, I believe so, but the specifics of this is really
something that the security workgroup should decide, not me. JAAS is
definitely in the picture though, in the way you describe.

>     Also is it a possibility that a JAAS implementation will do
> authentication against
> a LDAP directory.

This is definitely possible.

/Rickard

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