Re: RE: Static resource mapping in web.xml

2011-06-09 Thread Terence M. Bandoian
ent will be the easiest for them to see). Of course for this matter to succeed the creation of a fully automated web.xml building script will be required. Thanks for the help. Best regards, Federico. -Mensaje original- De: Christopher Schultz [mailto:ch...@christopherschultz.net

RE: Static resource mapping in web.xml

2011-06-09 Thread falvarez
). Of course for this matter to succeed the creation of a fully automated web.xml building script will be required. Thanks for the help. Best regards, Federico. -Mensaje original- De: Christopher Schultz [mailto:ch...@christopherschultz.net] Enviado el: jueves, 09 de juni

Re: Static resource mapping in web.xml

2011-06-09 Thread Christopher Schultz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Federico, On 6/8/2011 2:04 PM, falva...@geocom.com.uy wrote: > If this is the case I could make it weight-in in the matter of building a > well formed web.xml. > > Although it could take some time. How many servlets do you have? > Mapping each serv

Re: Static resource mapping in web.xml

2011-06-09 Thread Christopher Schultz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Federico, On 6/8/2011 10:17 AM, falva...@geocom.com.uy wrote: > > invoker > /* > Why not map the invoker to "/servlet/*"? Seems like that would fix your problem. - -chris -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (MingW32) Comment:

Re: Static resource mapping in web.xml

2011-06-09 Thread Pid
On 08/06/2011 17:48, falva...@geocom.com.uy wrote: > Currently we do not have this kind of attacks because the app runs in an > intranet. But I know that in this closed scenario we should beware of the > users. But if your network is penetrated, your server will be vulnerable and therefore a resou

RE: Static resource mapping in web.xml

2011-06-08 Thread falvarez
nd keep images under "/images". Thanks a lot Tim and thanks to all. Regards, Federico. -Mensaje original- De: Tim Funk [mailto:funk...@apache.org] Enviado el: miércoles, 08 de junio de 2011 14:53 Para: Tomcat Users List Asunto: Re: Static resource mapping in web.xml yes -

Re: Static resource mapping in web.xml

2011-06-08 Thread Tim Funk
yes - that would be a problem. The invoker doesn't know how to serve static resources. -Tim On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 1:44 PM, wrote: > I agree with you. > > The static resources where never a problem to me, but since I messed with > the web.xml they started to behave oddly. > > Maybe this line i

RE: Static resource mapping in web.xml

2011-06-08 Thread falvarez
be interfering with the requests to resources? -Mensaje original- De: Tim Funk [mailto:funk...@apache.org] Enviado el: miércoles, 08 de junio de 2011 14:09 Para: Tomcat Users List Asunto: Re: Static resource mapping in web.xml If your images are in the correct directory then tomcat will

Re: Static resource mapping in web.xml

2011-06-08 Thread Tim Funk
If your images are in the correct directory then tomcat will serve them for you with its DefaultServlet. There should be nothing to do. Then to serve resources via the invoker - this is where the filter is handy. You declare the invoker servlet - but you do not map it. The servlet api allows you t

RE: Static resource mapping in web.xml

2011-06-08 Thread falvarez
leave this problems behind (and get new ones ;)). Thanks again. Best regards, Federico. -Mensaje original- De: André Warnier [mailto:a...@ice-sa.com] Enviado el: miércoles, 08 de junio de 2011 13:02 Para: Tomcat Users List Asunto: Re: Static resource mapping in web.xml falva

RE: Static resource mapping in web.xml

2011-06-08 Thread falvarez
2011 12:44 Para: Tomcat Users List Asunto: Re: Static resource mapping in web.xml No - images will be served by the default servlet so nothing needs to be done for images. The filter is used as a way to let the invoker work and be a tiny bit more secure. So the filter is mapped to /* and will forw

Re: Static resource mapping in web.xml

2011-06-08 Thread André Warnier
falva...@geocom.com.uy wrote: I know we are going a little off the original topic, but for me this is very interesting. I think I understand your point: Any library in /webapp/lib/ that has access to executing linux commands (as you point) could be executed as well from any browser.

Re: Static resource mapping in web.xml

2011-06-08 Thread Tim Funk
No - images will be served by the default servlet so nothing needs to be done for images. The filter is used as a way to let the invoker work and be a tiny bit more secure. So the filter is mapped to /* and will forward anything to the invoker serllet if the requested path *looks like one of your

RE: Static resource mapping in web.xml

2011-06-08 Thread falvarez
resource mapping in web.xml falva...@geocom.com.uy wrote: ... > > Invoker: I know it is bad (even more than the overlord), probably don't know > how bad or the impact it has in usage, but for now it works. > > I've read some about it, but never could really understand

RE: Static resource mapping in web.xml

2011-06-08 Thread falvarez
mcat Users List Asunto: Re: Static resource mapping in web.xml Your "easiest" workaround is to use a filter. So 1) have the default servlet map to /* (which is the default) 2) keep the invoker declared 3) And make your filter do this ... doFilter(..) { if (request.getServletPath(

Re: Static resource mapping in web.xml

2011-06-08 Thread André Warnier
falva...@geocom.com.uy wrote: ... Invoker: I know it is bad (even more than the overlord), probably don't know how bad or the impact it has in usage, but for now it works. I've read some about it, but never could really understand the problems it brings. http://wiki.apache.org/tomcat/FAQ/Mis

RE: Static resource mapping in web.xml

2011-06-08 Thread falvarez
List Asunto: Re: Static resource mapping in web.xml On 08/06/2011 15:17, falva...@geocom.com.uy wrote: > I have a WEBAPP which uses the "invoker" servlet (i know how > bad it is, but for now it gets the job done). That is such a monumentally bad idea I'm not at al

Re: Static resource mapping in web.xml

2011-06-08 Thread Tim Funk
Your "easiest" workaround is to use a filter. So 1) have the default servlet map to /* (which is the default) 2) keep the invoker declared 3) And make your filter do this ... doFilter(..) { if (request.getServletPath().matches(regex-here)) { servletContext.getNamedDispatcher("invoker").for

Re: Static resource mapping in web.xml

2011-06-08 Thread Mark Thomas
On 08/06/2011 15:17, falva...@geocom.com.uy wrote: > I have a WEBAPP which uses the "invoker" servlet (i know how > bad it is, but for now it gets the job done). That is such a monumentally bad idea I'm not at all sure you really do understand just how bad it is. >

Static resource mapping in web.xml

2011-06-08 Thread falvarez
Dear all, I'm faceing the following problem in tomcat (probably just configuration). I have a WEBAPP which uses the "invoker" servlet (i know how bad it is, but for now it gets the job done). The static content