Cams Authentication Pipeline

This appendix describes how authentication requests are handled by the Cams authentication pipeline.

When the Cams server received an authentication request via its authentication protocol, the Authentication service:

1. Looks up the CallbackHandler class registered for the application-specific LoginConfigurationEntry.
2. Instantiates the CallbackHandler.
3. Instantiates a JAAS LoginContext, giving it the CallbackHandler.
4. Uses the LoginContext to attempt authentication using the information provided in the authentication request.

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