RESTful Authentication via Spring

Question

Problem:
We have a Spring MVC-based RESTful API which contains sensitive information. The API should be secured, however sending the user\'s credentials

Answer 1

Why don't you start using OAuth with JSON WebTokens

http://projects.spring.io/spring-security-oauth/

OAuth2 is an standardized authorization protocol/framework. As per Official OAuth2 Specification:

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