@@ -562,6 +562,8 @@ will be able to authenticate (e.g. login form, API token, etc).
562562 Only one firewall is active on each request: Symfony uses the ``pattern `` key
563563to find the first match (you can also
564564:doc: `match by host or other things </security/firewall_restriction >`).
565+ Here, all real URLs are handled by the ``main `` firewall (no ``pattern `` key means
566+ it matches *all * URLs).
565567
566568The ``dev `` firewall is really a fake firewall: it makes sure that you
567569don't accidentally block Symfony's dev tools - which live under URLs like
@@ -629,7 +631,14 @@ you'll see that you're visiting a page behind the firewall in the toolbar:
629631
630632Visiting a URL under a firewall doesn't necessarily require you to be authenticated
631633(e.g. the login form has to be accessible or some parts of your application
632- are public). You'll learn how to restrict access to URLs, controllers or
634+ are public). On the other hand, all pages that you want to be *aware * of a logged in
635+ user have to be under the same firewall. So if you want to display a *"You are logged in
636+ as ..." * message on every page, they all have to be included in the same firewall.
637+
638+ The same firewall can have many modes of authentication. In other words, it
639+ enables many ways to ask the question *"Who are you?" *.
640+
641+ You'll learn how to restrict access to URLs, controllers or
633642anything else within your firewall in the :ref: `access control
634643<security-access-control>` section.
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