Minor updates to x509 doc and update of remember-me doc (no longer part of auto-config)

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Luke Taylor 2009-07-27 22:27:48 +00:00
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It is automatically enabled for you if you are using the <link xlink:href="ns-auto-config">auto-config</link> setting.
The <interfacename>UserDetailsService</interfacename> will normally be selected automatically. If you have more than one in
your application context, you need to specify which one should be used with the <literal>user-service-ref</literal> attribute,
where the value is the name of your <interfacename>UserDetailsService</interfacename> bean.

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<chapter xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" version="5.0" xml:id="x509"><info><title>X.509 Authentication</title></info>
<chapter xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" version="5.0" xml:id="x509">
<info><title>X.509 Authentication</title></info>
<section xml:id="x509-overview"><info><title>Overview</title></info>
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maintains.</para>
<para>You can also use SSL with <quote>mutual authentication</quote>; the server will then
request a valid certificate from the client as part of the SSL handshake. The server
will authenticate the client by checking that it's certificate is signed by an
will authenticate the client by checking that its certificate is signed by an
acceptable authority. If a valid certificate has been provided, it can be obtained
through the servlet API in an application. Spring Security X.509 module extracts the
certificate using a filter and passes it to the configured X.509 authentication provider
to allow any additional application-specific checks to be applied. It also maps the
certificate to an application user and loads that user's set of granted authorities for
use with the standard Spring Security infrastructure.</para>
certificate using a filter. It maps the certificate to an application user and loads that
user's set of granted authorities for use with the standard Spring Security infrastructure.</para>
<para>You should be familiar with using certificates and setting up client authentication
for your servlet container before attempting to use it with Spring Security. Most of the
work is in creating and installing suitable certificates and keys. For example, if