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Expand Up @@ -128,9 +128,9 @@ A) Configuring how your Users will Authenticate
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The main job of a firewall is to configure *how* your users will authenticate.
Will they use a login form? Http Basic? An API token? All of the above?
Will they use a login form? HTTP basic authentication? An API token? All of the above?

Let's start with Http Basic (the old-school pop-up) and work up from there.
Let's start with HTTP basic authentication (the old-school prompt) and work up from there.
To activate this, add the ``http_basic`` key under your firewall:

.. configuration-block::
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You'll learn more about this ``ROLE_ADMIN`` thing and denying access
later in the :ref:`security-authorization` section.

Great! Now, if you go to ``/admin``, you'll see the HTTP Basic popup:
Great! Now, if you go to ``/admin``, you'll see the HTTP basic auth prompt:

.. image:: /images/book/security_http_basic_popup.png
:align: center
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D) Configuration Done!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Congratulations! You now have a working authentication system that uses Http
Basic and loads users right from the ``security.yml`` file.
Congratulations! You now have a working authentication system that uses HTTP
basic auth and loads users right from the ``security.yml`` file.

Your next steps depend on your setup:

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