Cover -- Copyright -- Credits -- About the Authors -- About the Reviewer -- www.packtpub.com -- packtlib.packtpub.com -- Table of Contents -- Spring Security Starter -- So, what is Spring Security? -- Quick start - getting the basics right -- Understanding the big picture -- Adding the Spring Security layer -- Step 1 - adding the correct dependencies to your project -- Step 2 - firing up Spring Security using a filter in web.xml -- Step 3 - setting up the security context -- Step 4 - getting the basic web security configuration -- Step 5 - login page -- Top 11 features you need to know about -- Password encoders -- Registration -- Remember-me -- Logging out -- Securing web resources -- HTTPS versus HTTP -- Basic access control -- Expression-based access control -- Web filters -- One-time password and two-phase authentication -- Logged-in user in the backend -- Securing methods -- The power of SPEL -- Writing tests -- Exposing secured RESTful services -- Single-page applications -- Straight approach -- Basic Authentication -- Digest -- Dealing with the ugly login dialog -- What else you may want to know -- Internet authentication - because login/password is so 80s -- OpenID 2.0 -- OAuth 2.0 -- People and places you need to know about -- Official sites -- Articles, tutorials, and blogs -- Community.