This chapter was a quick introduction to WebLogic security fundamentals learning theory that will be used later when a custom provider will be developed or configured inside our domain using the WebLogic console.

It started from Java EE security and then declined to the WebLogic Security Framework, from MBeans to resources.

Finally, two Java Specification Requests (JSR) specs were covered, JASPIC and JACC, to show how limited they are compared to custom providers.