By day, Thomas Beck is actively involved in the design, development, and integration of enterprise systems as a senior consultant for Deloitte Consulting. By night, he is working on a book about developing enterprise software solutions with open source tools. Thomas holds Java certifications from both Sun and IBM.
When choosing among the different types of authentication mechanisms offered
by J2EE Web containers, form-based authentication is almost always selected
ahead of its alternatives: HTTP basic authentication and HTTPS client
authentication. However, beneath the customizable user interface, form-based
authentication presents several challenges to architects looking for a robust
enterprise authentication solution.
These challenges often manifest themselves as login-page access errors that
arise when applications look to extend the concept of protected resources
upon which form-based authentication is predicated. This can occur when a
system exhibits requirements that are considered fairly common for an
enterprise application, such as:
Authentication must be possible from the default formbased login page
without trying to first access a protected resource. Capture of
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By day, Thomas Beck is actively involved in the design, development, and integration of enterprise systems as a senior consultant for Deloitte Consulting. By night, he is working on a book about developing enterprise software solutions with open source tools. Thomas holds Java certifications from both Sun and IBM.
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