Introduction to Spring Security
Get introduced to the concept of security in a Spring application.
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This chapter will certainly not handle everything about Spring Security but will serve as an excellent introduction to get you started.
Security
Security, generally, consists of two major parts:
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Authentication: Determines whether a user is who they claim to be. In simple terms, this function verifies that the username and password match.
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Authorization: Once we know who ...