Question Regarding Authentication

[Sandeep Chhabra]

Hi,

I got a question while giving javaranch mock exam.

Question Bank ID : 16 Choose the 1 correct answer
Which of the following is correct html for 'Form Based Authentication"?



<form method="post" action="security_check">
<input type="text" name="username">
<input type="password" name="password">
</form>


<form method="post" action="j_security_check">
<input type="text" name="j_username">
<input type="password" name="j_password">
</form>


<form method="post" action="your login page">
<input type="text" name="j_username">
<input type="password" name="j_password">
</form>


<form method="post" action="your login page">
<input type="text" name="username">
<input type="password" name="password">
</form>

It has been asked to choose 1 correct answer. Hence I chose the 4th option.
But i want to know that why 3rd option is wrong.

I feel it should be right, since the name of input type can be anything, even j_username and j_password when we are using FORM based authentication.

Kindly clarify!

Thanks

[Narendra Dhande]

Hi,

Option 2 is correct. The form action must be j_security_check for the form based auth.

Thanks

[Sandeep Chhabra]

Right...
My mistake..
Thanks