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Hitachi Application Server V10 User's Guide (For Windows® Systems)


3.9 Application authentication usable on Application Server

Application authentication is a general term for the user authentication methods used to ensure security. Client authentication, BASIC authentication, FORM authentication, and DIGEST authentication are available as application authentication methods usable on Application Server.

Application authentication categories

The following table lists application authentication methods usable on Application Server. If one authentication method can authenticate multiple locations, specify one of the locations.

No.

Authentication method

Locations where authentication is performed

Authentication mechanism

1

Client authentication

Web Server

SSL

2

SSL accelerator

3

BASIC authentication

Web Server

Password file

4

LDAP repository

5

Java EE server

JAAS

6

FORM authentication

Java EE server

JAAS

7

DIGEST authentication

Java EE server