Using Method based Security  Scenario: Only an account holder can deposit or withdraw money. Only an employee can charge fees to the account, and only a manager can allow overdraft on an account.  ——————————————————————— Modify WEB-INF/applicationContext-security.xml by adding the following line under the root element: <global-method-security secured-annotations=”enabled” />  ——————————————————————— Create a new xml called WEB-INF/applicationContext-security.xml Continue reading

Setting up Spring Security – Using URL based Security  Scenario: There is a bank called NoFraudBank, which has two branches – HisBranch and HerBranch. Each branch has 4 employees – a Manager, a Teller Supervisor, and two Tellers. Each branch has one account, being a small privately owned bank. The bank allows the account holders Continue reading

Setting up Spring Create a new Dynamic Web Project in Eclipse (needs Web tools download from Eclipse) with the following parameters: Project name: <your-project-name> Rest default settings Download and unzip the latest Spring jar files from http://www.springsource.org/download/community?project=Spring%2520Framework Copy the following files from the above unzipped folder into the Web/WEB-INF/lib folder: org.springframework.asm-3.x.x.RELEASE-x.jar org.springframework.beans-3. x.x.RELEASE-x.jar org.springframework.context-3. x.x.RELEASE-x.jar Continue reading

Spring Security, formerly known as Acegi Security, is a framework that provides a way to secure your spring application. As you look for online resources on Spring Security, you will find several people using it with Grails as well. I am not familiar with Grails, so we will discuss only spring based applications, specifically web Continue reading