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RESTful Java Web Services, Second Edition

You're reading from   RESTful Java Web Services, Second Edition Design scalable and robust RESTful web services with JAX-RS and Jersey extension APIs

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2015
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ISBN-13 9781784399092
Length 354 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Jobinesh Purushothaman Jobinesh Purushothaman
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Preface 1. Introducing the REST Architectural Style FREE CHAPTER 2. Java APIs for JSON Processing 3. Introducing the JAX-RS API 4. Advanced Features in the JAX-RS API 5. Introducing the Jersey Framework Extensions 6. Securing RESTful Web Services 7. The Description and Discovery of RESTful Web Services 8. RESTful API Design Guidelines A. Useful Features and Techniques Index

HTTP digest authentication


The HTTP digest authentication authenticates a user based on a username and a password. However, unlike with basic authentication, the password is not transmitted in clear text between the client and the server. Instead, the client sends a one way cryptographic hash of the username, password, and a few other security related fields using the MD5 message-digest hash algorithm. When the server receives the request, it regenerates the hashed value for all the fields as done by client and compares it with the one present in the request. If the hashes match, the request is treated as authenticated and valid. To learn how to configure digest authentication realm in the GlassFish server, refer to Chapter 2, Administering User Security in GlassFish Security Guide, which you can download from https://glassfish.java.net/docs/4.0/security-guide.pdf.

If the client application uses the Jersey framework implementation, then the API to invoke RESTful web services secured via the...

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