Announcing JPAM

JPAM is a Java-PAM bridge.  PAM, or Pluggable Authentication Modules, is a standard security architecture used on Unix, Linux and Mac OS X systems.
JPAM permits the use of PAM authentication facilities by Java applications running on those platforms.
These facilities include:
* account
* auth
* password
* session
JPAM has its own proprietary API via the PAM class but also supports JAAS with a LoginModule implementation.
Binaries are available for:
* Linux 32 bit i386
* Linux 64 bit amd64
* Mac OS X ppc
Visit the JPAM website [here](http://jpam.sf.net)

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By Greg Luck

As Terracotta’s CTO, Greg (@gregrluck) is entrusted with understanding market and technology forces and the business drivers that impact Terracotta’s product innovation and customer success. He helps shape company and technology strategy and designs many of the features in Terracotta’s products. Greg came to Terracotta on the acquisition of the popular caching project Ehcache which he founded in 2003. Prior to joining Terracotta, Greg served as Chief Architect at Australian online travel giant Wotif.com. He also served as a lead consultant for ThoughtWorks on accounts in the United States and Australia, was CIO at Virgin Blue, Tempo Services, Stamford Hotels and Resorts and Australian Resorts and spent seven years as a Chartered Accountant in KPMG’s small business and insolvency divisions. He is a regular speaker at conferences and contributor of articles to the technical press.