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title:  Authorization
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Distributed system and cache operations can be restricted, intercepted and
modifed, or completely blocked based on configured access rights set for
the various distributed system entities. 

-   **[Implementing Authorization](implementing_authorization.html)**

    To use authorization for client/server systems, your client connections must be authenticated by their servers.

-   **[Authorization Example](authorization_example.html)**

    This topic discusses the authorization example provided in the product under `templates/security` using `XmlAuthorization.java`, `XmlErrorHandler.java`, and `authz6_0.dtd`.


