<s>
Apache	B-Language
Shiro	I-Language
(	O
pronounced	O
"	O
sheeroh	O
"	O
,	O
a	O
Japanese	O
word	O
for	O
castle	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
open	O
source	O
software	O
security	O
framework	O
that	O
performs	O
authentication	O
,	O
authorization	O
,	O
cryptography	O
and	O
session	B-Protocol
management	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shiro	O
's	O
predecessor	O
,	O
JSecurity	B-Language
,	O
was	O
founded	O
in	O
2004	O
by	O
Les	O
Hazlewood	O
and	O
Jeremy	O
Haile	O
because	O
they	O
could	O
not	O
find	O
a	O
suitable	O
Java	B-Language
security	O
framework	O
that	O
operated	O
well	O
at	O
the	O
application	O
level	O
and	O
they	O
were	O
frustrated	O
with	O
JAAS	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Between	O
2004	O
and	O
2008	O
,	O
JSecurity	B-Language
was	O
hosted	O
on	O
SourceForge	B-Application
and	O
its	O
committer	O
list	O
grew	O
to	O
include	O
Peter	O
Ledbrook	O
,	O
Alan	O
Ditzel	O
,	O
Tim	O
Veil	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2008	O
,	O
JSecurity	B-Language
project	O
was	O
submitted	O
to	O
the	O
Apache	O
Software	O
Foundation	O
(	O
ASF	O
)	O
and	O
accepted	O
into	O
their	O
Incubator	B-Application
Program	I-Application
to	O
be	O
stewarded	O
by	O
mentors	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
become	O
a	O
top	O
level	O
Apache	O
Project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Under	O
the	O
ASF	O
's	O
Incubator	O
,	O
Jsecurity	B-Language
was	O
renamed	O
Ki	O
(	O
pronounced	O
Key	O
)	O
and	O
shortly	O
later	O
renamed	O
Shiro	O
by	O
the	O
community	O
because	O
of	O
trademark	O
concerns	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
continued	O
to	O
grow	O
while	O
in	O
the	O
Apache	B-Application
Incubator	I-Application
,	O
adding	O
Kalle	O
Korhonen	O
as	O
a	O
project	O
committer	O
.	O
</s>
