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The Authorization Filter is a filter able to protect any Java servlet that
requires authorization verification.
The Authorization Filter is placed in the servlet chain, in front of the
servlet that needs protection. Every incoming request directed to the servlet
is first analyzed by the filter, which extracts the client certificate and
passes the subject DN to the Authorization Manager.
If the Authorization Manager asserts that the client is associated to an
attribute the request is forwarded to the next servlet in the chain,
otherwise the request is blocked and terminated by the filter.
2004-07-02