spring-security

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ACEGI SECURITY SYSTEM FOR SPRING - README FILE
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OVERVIEW
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The Acegi Security System for Spring provides security services for
The Spring Framework (http://www.springframework.org).

For a detailed list of features and access to the latest release, please visit
http://acegisecurity.org.

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SIGNED JAR FILES
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JAR files are no longer signed. They were signed in releases 1.0.0 and earlier.

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BUILDING
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Acegi Security is built using Maven. Please read the "Building with Maven" page
at http://acegisecurity.org. This page is also included in the /docs directory
of official release ZIPs.

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QUICK START
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We recommend you visit http://acegisecurity.org and read the "Suggested Steps"
page. This page is also included in the /docs directory of official release
ZIPs.

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DOCUMENTATION
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http://acegisecurity.org has a wide range of articles about Acegi Security,
including links to external resources. A copy of this web site is included in
the /docs directory of official release ZIPs.

Be sure to read the Reference Guide, which is available from the web site (and
/docs directory as described above). Every class also has thorough JavaDocs.
The core JavaDocs can be found in /docs/multiproject/acegi-security/apidocs/.

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OBTAINING SUPPORT
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If you need any help, please use the Acegi Security System for Spring forum
located at the Spring Community's forum site:

http://forum.springframework.org

If you start using Acegi Security in your project, please consider joining
the acegisecurity-developer mailing list. This is currently the best way to
keep informed about the project's status and provide feedback in design
discussions. You can join at:

https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/acegisecurity-developer.

Links to mailing list archives, the forums, and other useful resources are
available from http://acegisecurity.org.



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