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Spring Security 6 & JWT Authentication · Lesson

Understanding the Spring Security Filter Chain

Look under the hood of Spring Security 6 to understand how the servlet filter chain processes every request and where authentication fits in.

How Requests Get Secured

So how does every request actually get checked? The security filter chain — a series of servlet filters Spring slots in before your controllers.

What Is a Servlet Filter?

A servlet Filter intercepts HTTP requests and responses before they reach your code. Spring Security is built almost entirely from these filters.

All lessons in this course

  1. Introduction to Spring Security 6
  2. Project Setup and Dependencies
  3. In-Memory User Authentication
  4. Understanding the Spring Security Filter Chain
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