On Mon, 10 Feb 2003, Erik Price wrote:

> Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 11:17:31 -0500
> From: Erik Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: Tomcat Users List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Tomcat Users List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Valve Access to Principal
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> Craig R. McClanahan wrote:
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> > Tomcat 5 has integrated support for JSR 115, but that's for authorization,
> > not authentication.
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> Oh no, there's a difference?  Is there an explanatory document somewhere
> that I missed?
>

Authentication == who are you?  In servlet API terms:  getRemoteUser() and
getUserPrincipal(), and login methods.

Authorization == what can you do?  In servlet API terms:  isUserInRole()
and role-based security constraints.

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> Erik
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Craig

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