CHAPTER 12

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JSF2 Security and Performance

In this chapter, you will learn how to secure your JSF application using the security features provided by Java EE containers. You know how to apply container-managed authentication, authorization, and data protection in the weather application that was introduced in Chapter 10. In this chapter, you will also learn how to tune the performance of your JSF application in order to make your JSF pages more responsive.

JSF Application Security

Web application security can be divided into three main aspects which we will elaborate on in detail in this section:

  • Authentication is the act of confirming to the ...

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