Provides an independent framework for managing the authentication process and authentication credentials for identities within a JVM. The Authenticator achieves application level authentication by prompting for user credentials when an authentication request is issued. The Authenticator uses the underlying requestor to perform the actual authentication. This package also provides other security functionalities such as the Message Digest algorithms.

## Package Specification

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## Related Documentation

The following classes and interfaces are used by the Java.Security classes and interfaces.

- com.novell.service.security Package

For overviews, concepts, sample code and demos, and tasks documentation, please see:

- NJCL Developer's Guide Documentation