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difference between LoginModule and Realm

From: <glassfish_at_javadesktop.org>
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:34:26 PDT

Hi, I'm totally confused with Glassfish's term Realm. I know the purpose of LoginModule and how to implement it, but what is Realm and why do we need it? I tried to find an answer in the documentation, but docs use those two terms interchangebly :-(.

Thanks in advance for your replies
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