# Re: User passward mechanism

David Brownell (db@Eng)
Thu, 09 Jul 1998 17:48:21 -0700

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    Date: Thu, 09 Jul 1998 17:48:21 -0700

    From: David Brownell <db@Eng>

    To: Charlie Lai <charlie@angeles.eng.sun.com>

    Subject: Re: User passward mechanism

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> > What I don't know is how to implement a sign-on mechanism. I wish my
> > users to supply a user name and a password that my server will verify.
> > Can I do that with Java security ? Is there any document that describe
> > what should I do ?

Much of this functionality comes as part of products such as
the Java Web Server. Either add your users to an existing
realm, or plug in your own custom realm (supports passwords,
challenge/response, SSL client authentication out-of-the-box).

That's accessible through HTTP/HTTPS in that package.

- Dave
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