Re: Clusters - Disabling or restricting autodiscovery via multicast (security question)

2005-08-14 Thread Peter Rossbach
OK, this is correct! Sorry, but I also thing that we must have a secretKey and a restricted IP list to register inside cluster I want implement this inside the next release. But currenly the cluster message are not crypted and when clients can connect to your network your go in trouble. At

Clusters - Disabling or restricting autodiscovery via multicast (security question)

2005-08-13 Thread ryan boyd
When using tomcat clusters on an untrusted subnet or using a routable multicast address, i see the potential for a rogue tomcat instance to join a cluster in order to hijack session information. This doesn't seem to be cured by any firewalling of incoming connections to the valid servers, as,

Clusters - Disabling or restricting autodiscovery (security question)

2005-07-13 Thread ryan boyd
When using tomcat clusters on an untrusted subnet or using a routable multicast address, i see the potential for a rogue tomcat instance to join a cluster in order to hijack session information. This doesn't seem to be cured by any firewalling of incoming connections to the valid servers, as,

Security Question

2005-02-24 Thread Paulo César M. Jeveaux
Hi I am using separate contexts in Tomcat 5,0, creating a XML in CATALINA_HOME/conf/Catalina/localhost and in this not desired context I need to forbid to some IPs, but when use this archive and make deploy, the Tomcat does not load the modules of the Struts and nor Tiles plugin. Somebody knows

NEWBIE: Application configuration security question

2004-06-15 Thread jochs
Hello, I have a question regarding security on Tomcat. first, some background: I'm currently assisting in the deployment of a Xerox Docushare system. This implementation DocuShare runs on Tomcat (among other platforms.) The problem I've been having with this particular app/server setup is that

Re: Cross-app security question

2004-06-08 Thread Tim Funk
See the servlet spec. I know for version 2.3 of the spec (which is tomcat4 stuff) - security is applied only to the incoming URL. (The same went for filters too) For 2.4 - I know that filters can be applied on RequestDispatcher.include and RequestDispatcher.forward. So security constraints

Cross-app security question

2004-06-07 Thread Michael Mehrle
I do have a question regarding security across appfuse and other webapps. Currently, I have two separate web applications running under Tomcat (5.0.26): - tdx (which is a version of appfuse) - jGallery (which dynamically serves images) The way jGallery works is that it 'crossmaps' image gallery

general security question about public / private keys

2003-12-16 Thread Adam Hardy
Is it possible to configure tomcat to use public / private key pairs that implement the java.security API for authentication a la ssh? I assume it is but haven't found out how yet. I'm using SSL at the moment but I need to implement a higher security environment in the same shape and form as

Re: Security question

2003-06-17 Thread Bill Barker
It can't be done (at least without hacking :). The servlet-spec only tells how to secure a page. There is no concept of un-securing a page. If you are using iPlanet+Tomcat, and the un-secure areas are all static content, then you can configure iPlanet to serve the un-secure areas (bypassing

Security question

2003-06-17 Thread Bob Damato
Security for the site I'm working with was originally done via IPlanet's internal security. I'd like to move to using the webapp security in Tomcat. Under iPlanet, the security was set up with the entire site - /* - being secured, then specific uri's were explicitly declared un-secured. So,

Security Question

2003-03-05 Thread Lars Nielsen Lind
I have a server with Apache 2.0.44 and Jakarta-Tomcat 4.1.18. I am using OpenSSL 0.9.7a with Apache. Question: If the user activates a jsp page with a javabean component with access to a PostgreSQL database server (communicates with port 5432) from the secure area (https) - is it then

Re: Security Question

2003-03-05 Thread Tim Funk
Here are the channels of communication. For a typical web page there are 3 socket connections that can be concurrently open. A: Web Browser -- Apache B: Apache -- Tomcat C: Tomcat -- Database Now onto the security ... A: If ssl then secure B: If ssl, then secure. If not ssl, then someone between

RE: Security Question

2003-03-05 Thread mech
to encrypt the communications yourself. Michael -Original Message- From: Lars Nielsen Lind [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Mittwoch, 5. Mrz 2003 10:45 To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Security Question I have a server with Apache 2.0.44 and Jakarta-Tomcat 4.1.18. I am using

Re: Security question

2002-09-23 Thread Andreas Probst
Hi David, if it weren't Apache I would say: try HttpServletRequest.getUserPrincipal().getName(). Maybe it could be that this also works with Apache... Andreas I'm trying to retrieve the userid that logged into apache and accessed the current JSP page. How can I get this info?

Security question

2002-09-22 Thread David Jenkins
I'm trying to retrieve the userid that logged into apache and accessed the current JSP page. How can I get this info? Explanation: I'm implementing a very crude security system on my site for right now (mainly to just keep people from accessing the email addresses and photos on the site),

Jboss Tomcat integrated security question.

2002-08-21 Thread Austin Gonyou
Is there a list of security related changes made to Jboss and Tomcat between 2.4.1-3.2.3 and the most recent stable releases? We're trying to compile a list of security related reasons for upgrading. TIA -- Austin Gonyou [EMAIL PROTECTED] Coremetrics, Inc. signature.asc Description:

Realm Security Question

2002-07-22 Thread Jamie M. Guillemette
Ok here is a straight forward question: I understand how to change my server.xml and setup my web.xml files so that security reaml on my server uses odbc to verify the roles / passwords. The catch is im not very happy with having to edit the server.xml file. I would like to know if their is

Re: Realm Security Question

2002-07-22 Thread Craig R. McClanahan
On Mon, 22 Jul 2002, Jamie M. Guillemette wrote: Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 14:54:17 -0400 From: Jamie M. Guillemette [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Tomcat Users List [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Realm Security Question Ok here is a straight forward question: I understand

jsp:include security question

2002-02-25 Thread Pat Schaider
Hello -- I am trying to get a new Tomcat system configured for my school's CS department. We want to use version 4 (I am working with 4.0.2). We need a system that lets students keep their files private, to make sure that nobody cheats by stealing somebody's servlets or jsp. I am testing it

Re: Security question

2001-11-16 Thread Pritpal Dhaliwal
: Security question Hi, It is possible de verify that a servlet has been called by a specific servlet or jsp and that it can't be called by another one. Michenaud Laurent - Adeuza - [ Développeur Web - Administrateur Réseau ] -- To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional

Re: Fixed - Repost:HELP! Security question - grant entries

2001-11-16 Thread Antony Bowesman
Hi, Got it to work, permissions for JSPs can only be given at the context root level. I was trying to be more fine grained which is not possible. Antony Antony Bowesman wrote: Hi, How can you assign permissions to code compiled from a JSP, it is possible or do you have to put all code

Security question

2001-11-15 Thread Laurent Michenaud
Hi, It is possible de verify that a servlet has been called by a specific servlet or jsp and that it can't be called by another one. Michenaud Laurent - Adeuza - [ Développeur Web - Administrateur Réseau ] -- To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands: mailto:[EMAIL

Re: Security question

2001-11-15 Thread Frank Lawlor
You can pass (possibly encrypted) information that only the two parties know. This is essentially authentication like your username/password. Frank Lawlor Athens Group, Inc. (512) 345-0600 x151 Athens Group, an employee-owned consulting firm integrating technology strategy and software

Security question - grant entries

2001-11-15 Thread Antony Bowesman
Hi, How do you grant permissions in the policy file to jsp pages. I've tried grant codeBase file:${catalina.home}/work/localhost/examples/jsp/security/protected/- { permission java.security.AllPermission; }; but I get an AccessControlException when some code in the jsp tries to do

Repost:HELP! Security question - grant entries

2001-11-15 Thread Antony Bowesman
Hi, How can you assign permissions to code compiled from a JSP, it is possible or do you have to put all code that performs actions that may encounter security checks inside a bean and then allocate permissions to the bean class? I tried adding grant codeBase

Re: Security Question

2001-10-26 Thread Frank Lawlor
I've started looking at some of the security issues but I'm still behind where you are in the area of your questions. Where did you find this document that has section 8 on Existing Risks and Problems Thanks, Frank Lawlor Athens Group, Inc. (512) 345-0600 x151 Athens Group, an employee-owned

Security Question

2001-10-25 Thread Drasko . Kokic
Hi there, I have read the Existing Risks and Problems (Chapter 8 in the internal document of the TC-3.3) and spotted that there is a potentional security risk in using Tomcat as a platform for the Application Gateway to an enterprise business support system. One of very important subprojects I

Fw: Security Question

2001-10-19 Thread Gerry Duhig
I am using Tomcat with JBoss and JBoss is handling security. Everything works fine and each time a secured component is accessed I see two lines in the logs: User: name is authenticated User: name is authorized There are now thousands of these lines! How do I get rid of them? There are so many

RE: Security Question

2001-10-19 Thread Darrell Porter
What is your debug level in the context? Darrell -Original Message- From: Gerry Duhig [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 9:34 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Fw: Security Question I am using Tomcat with JBoss and JBoss is handling security. Everything works

Re: Security Question

2001-10-19 Thread Gerry Duhig
PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 5:56 PM Subject: RE: Security Question What is your debug level in the context? Darrell -Original Message- From: Gerry Duhig [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 9:34 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Fw: Security

Re: Security question

2001-09-01 Thread Craig R. McClanahan
On Wed, 29 Aug 2001, Achim Baier wrote: Now my question: Am I wrong-minded, is it bug or is it a jsp/servlet/j2ee-feature? Any comments? Security constraints that you mention in your web.xml deployment descriptor are *only* applied to the original request URI, *not* to any request URI

Security question

2001-08-29 Thread Achim Baier
Hello everybody, I just tried to make a HTTPS connection to a web-application on tomcat 3.2.2. Because of the documentation it was not difficult but I recognized something I want to ask about. I have a directory /secure/. Every resource inside is protected by web.xml security constraint

Tomcat security question

2001-07-19 Thread Hamish Barney
Just hoping someone can help me deal with this question... In the application I'm developing I need to restrict access to a bunch of binary files (sound recordings). Each user should only be able to download their own files. Files and users will be added and deleted dynamically. The realm based

RE: Tomcat security question

2001-07-19 Thread Randy Layman
. Randy -Original Message- From: Hamish Barney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2001 10:56 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Tomcat security question Just hoping someone can help me deal with this question... In the application I'm developing I need

Newbie security question

2001-04-25 Thread laurent . citton
Hi guys, I have a very simple problem: how can I prevent Tomcat from displaying a directory listing ? My servlets are installed in webapps/app directory and asking for the URL http://localhost:8080/app/ just displays the content of the directory, which I obviously do not want. Thanks for

Re: security question

2001-04-06 Thread skolski
Hello Jeff, Hello List, thank you very much for your reply. A look at this example would have prevent me from spending a lot of time and writeing the other mail. The build in example doesn't work at my installation. That j_security_check stuff is missing. But that doesn't matter, I try to use

security question

2001-04-05 Thread skolski
Hello everybody, the "problem" is that I should have some security on my site. I think of authentifikation by a username and password and then access rights for special areas of the site. so far, so good. I started looking arround. I know have a login form, a jsp to chaeck username and password

Re: security question

2001-04-05 Thread Jeff Turner
It's all defined in the servlet spec, downloadable from http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/index.html. Tomcat comes with a preconfigured example (examples/jsp/security) demonstrating this. --Jeff On Fri, Apr 06, 2001 at 09:49:38AM +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello everybody, the