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Apache Shiro part 2 – securing a JSF Java EE 7 application

By Sebastian Basner | Published: 6. May 2017
In the first part I described why I chose Apache Shiro as an Authentication framework. In this part I will describe the simplest working solution to secure a Java EE7 application with JSF/Primefaces frontend. To be honest I wont use much of Primefaces in this sample but the application for which I did this research […]
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Apache Shiro part 1 – selecting a Java security framework

By Sebastian Basner | Published: 25. January 2017
What is Shiro? Apache Shiro is an open source Java security framework which makes authentication, authorization and cryptography very easy to use with a simple and small configuration. It is very portable because of its independence from the used application frameworks and covers all kinds of scenarios from console over desktop client to web applications. […]
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