Building Java™ Enterprise Systems with J2EE™

Chapter 26. Basic Java Security

IN THIS CHAPTER

• The History of Security in Java

• Java Security Architecture

• Byte Code Verifier

• Class Loader

• Security Manager

• Java Cryptography Architecture

The Java 2 security model is relied on for building secure distributed enterprise Java applications in general. Later in the book, you'll discover how specific features of the J2EE security model help employ security for Web and application enabling that alleviates the programmer from having to know too much about Java security APIs. Nevertheless, the Java 2 security model implementation represents a bedrock of components and tools that any serious enterprise Java architect or developer must comprehend. Building standalone CORBA or RMI Java server applications that operate ...