Spring Security

Spring Security Core

Core security features for authentication and authorization. Provides UserDetailsService, password encoding, security context management, method security, and HTTP security configuration.

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aid: spring-security:spring-security-core
name: Spring Security Core
description: Core security features for authentication and authorization. Provides UserDetailsService,
  password encoding, security context management, method security, and HTTP security configuration.
humanURL: https://spring.io/projects/spring-security
baseURL: https://docs.spring.io/spring-security/site/docs/current/api/
tags:
- Authentication
- Authorization
- Core
- Method Security
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.spring.io/spring-security/reference/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://docs.spring.io/spring-security/site/docs/current/api/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://spring.io/guides/gs/securing-web/
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-security
- type: ReleaseNotes
  url: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-security/releases
- type: Maven Repository
  url: https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.springframework.security