Download Flexible authentication for stateless web services

Url Pattern
/web/**
Filter chain description
Allow anonymous login, use form login for administrative tasks
/j_spring_security_check Log in a user, user name and password are found in HTTP parameters
/j_spring_security_logout Log out a user explicitly
/rest/**
Login in a user using basic authentication
/gwc/rest/web/**
Allow anonymous login, use form login for administrative tasks
/gwc/rest/**
Login in a user using basic authentication
/**
Login in a user using basic authentication
Table 2: Geoserver filter chains
The following illustration shows this concept:
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