=============================================================================== SPRING SECURITY - README FILE =============================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OVERVIEW ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Spring Security provides security services for The Spring Framework (http://www.springframework.org). For a detailed list of features and access to the latest release, please visit http://acegisecurity.org. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SIGNED JAR FILES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- JAR files are no longer signed. They were signed in releases 1.0.0 and earlier. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BUILDING ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Spring Security is built using Maven. Please read the "Building" page at http://acegisecurity.org. This page is also included in the /docs directory of official release ZIPs. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- QUICK START ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We recommend you visit http://acegisecurity.org and read the "Suggested Steps" page. This page is also included in the /docs directory of official release ZIPs. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DOCUMENTATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://acegisecurity.org has a wide range of articles about Spring Security, including links to external resources. A copy of this web site is included in the /docs directory of official release ZIPs. Be sure to read the Reference Guide, which is available from the web site (and /docs directory as described above). Every class also has thorough JavaDocs. The core JavaDocs can be found in /docs/multiproject/acegi-security/apidocs/. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OBTAINING SUPPORT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you need any help, please use the Spring Security forum located at the Spring Community's forum site: http://forum.springframework.org If you start using Spring Security in your project, please consider joining the acegisecurity-developer mailing list. This is currently the best way to keep informed about the project's status and provide feedback in design discussions. You can join at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/acegisecurity-developer. Links to mailing list archives, the forums, and other useful resources are available from http://acegisecurity.org. $Id$