JBoss™ Administration and Development

Chapter 8. JBossSX—The JBoss Security Extension Framework

IN THIS CHAPTER

• J2EE Declarative Security Overview

• An Introduction to JAAS

• The JBoss Security Model

• The JBossSX Security Extension Architecture

• Using and Writing JBossSX Login Modules

• The Secure Remote Password (SRP) Protocol

• Running JBoss With a Java 2 Security Manager

• Using SSL with JBoss Using JSSE

Security is a fundamental part of any enterprise application. You need to be able to restrict who is allowed to access your applications and control what operations application users may perform. The J2EE specifications define a simple role-based security model for EJBs and Web components. The JBoss component framework that handles security is the JBossSX extension framework. The JBossSX security ...