Specifies the authentication mechanism used to authenticate the client.
ior-security-config (sun-ejb-jar.xml)
The following table describes subelements for the as-context element.
Table A–4 as-context Subelements| 
 Element  | 
 Required  | 
 Description  | 
|---|---|---|
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 only one  | 
 Specifies the authentication method. The only supported value is USERNAME_PASSWORD.  | 
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 only one  | 
 Specifies the realm in which the user is authenticated.  | 
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 only one  | 
 Specifies whether the authentication method specified in the auth-method element must be used for client authentication.  |