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Suwon Baek
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What is Spring Security? pt.1

What is Spring Security?

A framework responsible for the security of spring-based applications.

Spring Security Terms

  • Authorization: The process of giving someone permission to perform the operation of the application.
  • Authentication: The process of verifying a user or device before allowing access to a system or resources.
  • Password (Credential): The password of the target accessing the resource
  • Principal: Subject accessing the protected resource

How does Spring Security work?

Basically, the action process of Spring Security order is:
Authentication β†’ Verification β†’ Authorization

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