Spring Security

<p>Spring Security is a <a href="/facts/Java_/9ScgFyAL">Java</a>/<a href="/facts/Java_EE/7AAStd35">Java EE</a> framework that provides <a href="/facts/Authentication/64y4S69b">authentication</a>, <a href="/facts/Authorization/FYFAkCH2">authorization</a> and other security features for enterprise applications. The project was started in late 2003 as 'Acegi Security' (pronounced <i>Ah-see-gee</i> /ɑːsiːdʒiː/, whose letters are the first, third, fifth, seventh, and ninth characters from the English alphabet, in order to prevent name conflicts) by Ben Alex, with it being publicly released under the <a href="/facts/Apache_License/5AeIjas8">Apache License</a> in March 2004. Subsequently, Acegi was incorporated into the <a href="/facts/Spring_Framework/ajIwLM73">Spring</a> portfolio as Spring Security, an official Spring sub-project. The first public release under the new name was Spring Security 2.0.0 in April 2008, with commercial support and training available from <a href="/facts/SpringSource/YjNqrMAM">SpringSource</a>.
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Spring Security open-in-new

Spring Security