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JBossAS7: Secure my Web App : How Do I?
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created by <a href="http://community.jboss.org/people/anil.saldhana">Anil Saldhana</a> in <i>JBoss AS7 Development</i> - <a href="http://community.jboss.org/docs/DOC-17297">View the full document</a>
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<div class="jive-rendered-content"><p>This is an article for people seeking ways by which they can secure their Java EE Web Apps.   I am assuming that your web app contains servlets, jsps, html etc.  If you have a Seam based app, then Seam Security is what you should look for.</p><h2></h2><h2>Bare Minimum Security</h2><p>This is when you just want to secure your web app in the most minimalistic way.  Something like the default jmx-console that you want to ship with JBoss AS7.</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><p>Step 1:  Add a security-constraint to your web.xml</p><p>Step 2: Add a security-domain to your jboss-web.xml</p><p>Step 3: Configure a security domain in standalone.xml</p><p>Step 4:  Have users.properties and roles.properties files in WEB-INF/classes directory of your web application</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;"> </p><p>That is it.  How do you achieve these steps?  Look in the references below.</p><h2></h2><h2>References</h2><ol><li style="text-align: start;"><a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://java.dzone.com/articles/understanding-web-security" target="_blank">http://java.dzone.com/articles/understanding-web-security</a></li><li style="text-align: start;"><a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://community.jboss.org/docs/DOC-16811" target="_blank">http://community.jboss.org/wiki/JBossAS7SecurityDomainModel</a></li></ol></div>
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