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Weblogic Authentication Provider-->General
Tasks Related Topics Attributes
Use this tab to configure a WebLogic Authentication provider for a security realm.
Authentication is the process whereby the identity of users or system processes are proved or verified. Authentication also involves remembering, transporting, and making identity information available to various components of a system when that information is needed.
The WebLogic Server security architecture supports: certificate-based authentication directly with WebLogic Server; HTTP certificate-based authentication, proxied through an external Web server; perimeter-based authentication (Web server, firewall, VPN); and multiple security token types and multiple protocols. In the WebLogic Server security architecture, an Authentication provider is used to provide these authentication services.
By default, the WebLogic Authentication provider is configured in the default security realm (myrealm). The WebLogic Authentication provider allows you to edit, list, and manage users, groups, and group membership. User and group information is stored in the embedded LDAP server.
The Minimum Password Length attribute applies to the password used to define users in the embedded LDAP server used by the WebLogic Authentication provider to store user and group information. The Control Flag attribute is the Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS) control flag that determines how the LoginModule for the WebLogic Authentication provider is used with LoginModules for other Authentication providers configured in a security realm.
You can use a Custom Authentication provider instead of the WebLogic Authentication provider. For a Custom Authentication provider to be available in the WebLogic Server Administration Console, the MBean JAR file for the provider must be in the WL_HOME\lib\mbeantypes directory.
Configuring an Authentication Provider: Main Steps
Configuring the WebLogic Authentication Provider
Introduction to WebLogic Security
Developing Security Providers for WebLogic Server
Securing a WebLogic Server Deployment
Upgrading Security in WebLogic Server Version 6.x to WebLogic Server Version 7.0
The Security page in the WebLogic Server documentation