Java Authentication Library

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htc picture htc · Sep 7, 2011 · Viewed 7.5k times · Source

I am developing a server/client Java application where I need to authenticate the client before sending data, also I need to encrypt the sent data after authentication and to ensure its freshness

I am wondering what is the best library that I could use to do that?

Answer

geez picture geez · Sep 7, 2011

Take a look at the security module in the Spring framework. Pretty much covers all the common authentication and authorisation services

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