qpid/doc/book/src/Qpid-ACLs.xml

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<section>
	<title>Qpid ACL Formats</title>
	<para>
		The Qpid project has two ACL implementations currently. The java broker
		has a simple XML configuration mechanism icluded as part of the main
		broker configuration. The C++ broker and the latest versions of the Java
		broker also have a new, text based ACL file format.
	</para>
	<bridgehead  id="QpidACLs-Specifications"><anchor  id="QpidACLs-Specifications" />Specifications</bridgehead>
	<para>
		The specifications for each of the ACL formats are linked here:
	</para>
	<para>
		<xref linkend="JavaXMLACLs-specification" />
		<xref linkend="ACL-specification" />
	</para>
	<bridgehead id="QpidACLs-UserGuides"><anchor id="QpidACLs-UserGuides" />User Guides</bridgehead>
	<para>
		To aid users in defining their ACLs we have a user guide for each
		of the ACL formats and a page describing the security plugin mechanism in the Java broker.
	</para>
	<para>
		<xref linkend="JavaXMLACLs-userguide" />
		<xref linkend="ACL-userguide" />
		<xref linkend="Security-Plugins-Documentation" />
	</para>
</section>