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Reformatted lines in x509 overview documentation
Signed-off-by: Soumik Sarker <[email protected]>
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You can also use SSL with "`mutual authentication`". The server then requests a valid certificate from the client as part of the SSL handshake.
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The server authenticates the client by checking that its certificate is signed by an acceptable authority.
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If a valid certificate has been provided, it can be obtained through the servlet API in an application.
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The Spring Security X.509 module extracts the certificate by using a filter.
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It maps the certificate to an application user and loads that user's set of granted authorities for use with the standard Spring Security infrastructure.
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You can also use SSL with "`mutual authentication`". The server then requests a valid certificate from the client as part of the SSL handshake.
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The server authenticates the client by checking that its certificate is signed by an acceptable authority.
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For example, if you use Tomcat, you should read the https://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-10.1-doc/ssl-howto.html[Tomcat SSL instructions].
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You should get this working before trying it out with Spring Security.
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The Spring Security X.509 module extracts the certificate by using a filter.
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It maps the certificate to an application user and loads that user's set of granted authorities for use with the standard Spring Security infrastructure.
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== Adding X.509 Authentication to Your Web Application
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Enabling X.509 client authentication is very straightforward.

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