what is the meaning of Realm?

[Rahul Ba]

Hi all,

Many times I come across the term Realm. What is the meaning of it. I need with good example. I searched on google too but not satishfied.

Thanks,
Rahul

[Ulf Dittmer]

Realms are how Tomcat implements authentication; see http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0-doc/realm-howto.html to get started.

[greg stark]

Ulf Dittmer wrote:Realms are how Tomcat implements authentication; see http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0-doc/realm-howto.html to get started.

Also, I think the term dates back to dawn of Kerberos, at least that is the first I can remember coming across it and I'm pretty old! Kerberos Realms