Configuring the Security Providers

The default WebLogic security providers come preconfigured, but you may have to configure a provider yourself when you create a new security realm. In addition, you must configure a specific security provider when you perform a change in your security realm that affects the security provider. For example, when you want to audit login activity or configuration changes in the security realm, you must configure a WebLogic (or custom) Auditing provider. Similarly, when you want to use an LDAP server (other than the embedded LDAP server), you must configure an LDAP Authentication provider. Note that for most internal applications, users are going to connect the domain to their company's LDAP server. For most commercial ...

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