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authorization = Authorization
Spring Security provides comprehensive support for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorization[authorization]. Authorization is determining who is allowed to access a particular resource. Spring Security provides https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_in_depth_(computing)[defense in depth] by allowing for request based authorization and method based authorization.
authorization-request == Request Based Authorization
Spring Security provides authorization based upon the request for both xref:servlet/authorization/index.adoc[Servlet] and WebFlux environments.
authorization-method == Method Based Authorization