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              ACEGI SECURITY SYSTEM FOR SPRING - README FILE
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OVERVIEW
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The Acegi Security System for Spring 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.sourceforge.net.

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QUICK START
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Copy samples/contact/dist/contacts.war into your container webapps directory.
Then visit http://localhost:8080/contacts/ and click "Manage". The Acegi
Security System for Spring secures this small application by protecting both
the method invocations of business objects, and also the HTTP URLs.

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DOCUMENTATION
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Please refer to the Reference Guide, which is located in the docs/reference
directory. In addition, JavaDocs are located in the docs/api directory.

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OBTAINING SUPPORT
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If you need any help, please post a question on the Spring Users mailing list
or email ben.alex@acegi.com.au.


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