Zimbra auth Token in my own service

Hello everybody,

I was wondering if I can use the token to authenticate a user in my own application.

Basicly I have a Zimlet which should connect to a REST-Webservices which is protected (with Spring Security). To access this webservice the user needs the same credentials as for the zimbra server. So I thought perhaps I can use the Zimbra-auth-token to authenticate the user in the webapp. Unfortunately I couldn't find any information about this topic. I hope someone has a suggestion :)

Thanks
Christian

Ps I'm not sure if this is the right sub-forum