Thanks PeterJ, That was basically what I observed while trying this, and you confirmed it. What is the difference in terms of security? I have my custom classes on top of authentication mechanism provided by JBoss. I am thinking, apart from not being able to config a few things seperately, security wise things should be the same in both styles. Would you agree? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4165715#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...