JAAS logout example

About Goncalo Marques

In this tutorial we will see how to logout users authenticated via JAAS.

1. Introduction

Following the first couple of articles related with JAAS, some readers requested a new article about the JAAS logout process. This article will show how to logout users authenticated via JAAS and will be based in the following previous articles:

• JAAS authentication in Tomcat example
• JAAS form based authentication in Tomcat example

The following software and environment was considered:

1. Ubuntu 12.04
2. JDK 1.7.0.09
3. Tomcat 7.0.35

Source : http://www.javacodegeeks.com/2013/09/jaas-logout-example.html