jGuard is a java security framework based on JAAS. this framework is written for web applications, to resolve simply, access control problems.

Features

• relies only on java 1.4 and j2ee 1.3 or higher
• can be adapted on any webapp, on any application server
• permit to a user to have more than one role simultaneously
• does not depend on a web framework, or an AOP framework
• build on top of the standard and very secure and flexible JAAS
• authentications and authorizations are handled by pluggable mechanisms
• handle authentication data stored in a database, an XML file, a JNDI datasource, an LDAP directory, Kerberos...
• changes take effects 'on the fly' (dynamic configuration)
• permissions, roles,and their associations can be created, updated,deleted on the fly through a webapp (an API is provided too)
• each webapp has its own authentications and authorizations configuration
• a taglib is provided to protect jsp fragment
• support security manager

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