advanced~2h
Authorization: Roles, Authorities (RBAC) & Custom Filters
Authentication answers who you are. This chapter is authorization — roles, authorities, and how Spring Security actually decides what an authenticated user is allowed to do.
Learning objectives
- Beginner: Explain the precise technical difference between a 'role' and an 'authority' in Spring Security.
- Intermediate: Configure URL-level authorization rules using roles and authorities correctly.
- Advanced: Write a custom filter that extends the security chain with application-specific authorization logic.
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Authorization: Roles, Authorities (RBAC) & Custom Filters