Downgrade modifier from public to protected

[sothavirak]

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[jzheaux]

@sothavirak Thanks for the PR!

In preparation for merging, would you please update your commit message to include the issue that you fixed as well? Something like:

Downgrade AuthenticationFilter modifier

Fixes gh-7177

[sothavirak]

@jzheaux done with the commit messages amendment.

[jzheaux]

Great, @sothavirak. In preparation for merging, would you please squash your commits?

Since your PR contains a merge commit, it appears that your branch may also need to rebase with master. Let me know if you get stuck on these points - happy to help.

[sothavirak]

@jzheaux done with the squash, might need a little help on the rebase branch with master.

[jzheaux]

Thanks for the PR, @sothavirak, and welcome to the Spring community! This is now merged into master.

We'd love to see more contributions from you! Please check out tickets with the label "status: ideal-for-contribution"