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2.1 Why is this FAQ created?

CORBA Security service specification is comparatively long (more than 300 pages) and complex. It is difficult to understand every point of the specification, and it is even more difficult to grasp the ``big'' picture of how everything is supposed to ``work.'' On the other hand, many different people (ORB developers, application developers, system and enterprise administrators, security guys, etc.) with different technical backgrounds want to understand different aspects of the specification and its implementations. Even more, sometimes the intent of the authors, expressed in the particular wording, is interpreted differently by different readers, which causes problems not only to those readers but also to others. Also, it was observed that when various working groups and teams begin discussions on CORBA security, they spend a substantial amount of effort and time just getting to the common ground and agreeing on a common understanding of security aspects of CORBA technology. This FAQ was created to help all those who need to understand CORBA Security service specification and to provide readers with additional information that could not be included in the specification but is considered useful to eliminate problems described above.


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