what type of authentication will suite best

i am developng a web application which will authenticate user by username & password which type of authentication i should use & where i will find more about this
[177 byte] By [teekama] at [2007-10-2 15:35:25]
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_bensmytha at 2007-7-13 15:10:51 > top of Java-index,Security,Other Security APIs, Tools, and Issues...
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> i am developng a web application which will

> authenticate user by username & password which type

> of authentication i should use & where i will find

> more about this

Nice to place to start with basics of web security.

http://www.javaworld.net/javaworld/jw-04-2000/jw-0428-websecurity.html

Also have look over JAAS

http://java.sun.com/security/jaas/faq.html

Finally you can decide which ever suits your needs.

JavaDev2k5a at 2007-7-13 15:10:51 > top of Java-index,Security,Other Security APIs, Tools, and Issues...