Realm name in tomcat (web.xml)

Question

What is the realm-name in the tomcat.

 
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Answer 1

Realm name is not the user name. It is the authentication realm, 'typically a description of the computer or system being accessed" - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_access_authentication. This should be name that makes sense for the resource you are protecting.