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+<H1>\r
+ GenericAuthFilter\r
+</H1>\r
+<P>\r
+The GenericAuthFilter provides a basic authentication mechanism. Depending\r
+on the realm it uses, and on its user description, it will use either IP\r
+filtering, or IP filtering with Basic authentication.\r
+<P>\r
+The filter is configured to allow only some <A HREF="#users">users</A> or\r
+some users belonging to a given set of <A HREF="#groups">groups</A> to access\r
+the information it protects. Users are recorded in a realm database. If no\r
+allowed users or groups is specified, <I>all</I> users of the realm are allowed.\r
+<P>\r
+ <HR>\r
+<H2>\r
+ Inherits\r
+</H2>\r
+<P>\r
+The\r
+<A HREF="../api/w3c.jigsaw.auth.GenericAuthFilter.html">GenericAuthFilter</A>\r
+class inherits from the following classes:\r
+<UL>\r
+ <LI>\r
+ <A HREF="w3c.jigsaw.auth.AuthFilter.html">AuthFilter</A>\r
+</UL>\r
+<P>\r
+ <HR>\r
+<H2>\r
+ Attributes description\r
+</H2>\r
+<P>\r
+The GenericAuthFilter defines the following attributes:\r
+<UL>\r
+ <LI>\r
+ <A HREF="#users">users</A>\r
+ <LI>\r
+ <A HREF="#groups">groups</A>\r
+</UL>\r
+<P>\r
+ <HR>\r
+<CODE><A NAME="users">users</A></CODE>\r
+<DL>\r
+ <DT>\r
+ <I>semantics</I>\r
+ <DD>\r
+ The list of the names of the users allowed to access the information protected\r
+ by the authentication filter.\r
+ <DT>\r
+ <I>type</I>\r
+ <DD>\r
+ This attribute is a editale\r
+ <A HREF="../api/w3c.jigsaw.resources.StringArrayAttribute.html">StringArrayAttribute</A>.\r
+ <DT>\r
+ <I>default value</I>\r
+ <DD>\r
+ This attribute id]s undefined by default.\r
+</DL>\r
+<P>\r
+ <HR>\r
+<CODE><A NAME="groups">groups</A></CODE>\r
+<DL>\r
+ <DT>\r
+ <I>semantics</I>\r
+ <DD>\r
+ The list of the names of the groups allowed to access the information protected\r
+ by the authentication filter.\r
+ <DT>\r
+ <I>type</I>\r
+ <DD>\r
+ This attribute is a editale\r
+ <A HREF="../api/w3c.jigsaw.resources.StringArrayAttribute.html">StringArrayAttribute</A>.\r
+ <DT>\r
+ <I>default value</I>\r
+ <DD>\r
+ This attribute is undefined by default.\r
+</DL>\r
+<P>\r
+ <HR>\r
+<P>\r
+<I><A HREF="mailto:jigsaw@w3.org">Jigsaw Team</A><BR>\r
+$Id: w3c.jigsaw.auth.GenericAuthFilter.html,v 1.1 1996/04/12 21:19:01 abaird\r
+Exp $</I>\r
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