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        <span class="emphasis"><em>Authentication Providers</em></span> are used by <span class="emphasis"><em>Ports</em></span> to authenticate connections.
        Many <span class="emphasis"><em>Authentication Providers</em></span> can be configured on the Broker at the same time, from which
        each <span class="emphasis"><em>Port</em></span> can be assigned one.
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