Java Spring: Adding Security Using the Spring Security Project Overview/Description Target Audience Prerequisites Expected Duration Lesson Objectives Course Number Expertise Level Overview/Description
The Spring Framework is an open source framework and inversion of controller container for the Java platform. The Spring Framework is one of the most popular application development frameworks for creating enterprise Java applications. This course covers the basics in adding security (authentication and authorization) to a Spring application. In this course, you will learn how to secure Spring applications using some of the various features of Spring Security.
Target Audience
Java developers seeking to learn about securing Spring applications using Spring Security |
Prerequisites
None
Expected Duration (hours)
2.8
Lesson Objectives Java Spring: Adding Security Using the Spring Security Project
start the course
recognize more about the Spring Security project and the features it offers
set up the necessary dependencies to use Spring Security
set up a filter to be used by Spring Security
create an XML security application context for configuring Spring Security
require authentication to gain access to a Spring MVC web app by declaring valid users and roles from within Spring Security
enable Spring Security to authenticate by using HTTP Basic Authentication
recognize the process of configuring Spring Security to use authentication information from an external database
create the necessary database tables needed by Spring Security to provide database authentication
use Spring Security to secure an application based on database authentication records
use a minimal approach to configuring Spring Security to authenticate from database records
recognize methods for working with Spring Security and encrypted database passwords
configure Spring Security to work with MD5 encrypted database passwords
configure Spring Security to work with BCrypt encrypted database passwords
recognize how to access and work with Spring Security JSP tags
use the authentication tag to access information about the currently logged in user
use the authorization tag to require authorization before evaluating page elements
recognize some of the various places that Spring Security should be customized
configure Spring Security to provide a custom login page
configure Spring Security to provide a custom login page routed through a Spring MVC controller
configure Spring Security to display authentication errors when using a custom login page
configure Spring Security to provide logout functionality
recognize the basics of authorization using expressions and Spring Security
require authorization before allowing access to a URL in a Spring application
require authorization before allowing a method to execute in a Spring application
use the Spring Security project to add security to a Java Spring application
Course Number: jl_spng_a06_it_enus
Expertise Level
Intermediate