Why not disable 'normal' URLs by simply removing the problematic servlet
mapping (e.g. /app) from your web.xml?

Paul

Brian K. Wallace wrote:
> I was going to write an issue up in Jira about this, but wanted to run
> it by and see what others make of it.
>
> Security of a web app with Tapestry's 'normal' (aka: unfriendly) URLs is
> a pain. Plain and simple. Using friendly URLs makes adding security easy
> as it allows path based security. The problem is, enabling friendly URLs
> doesn't disable the unfriendly URLs. While the method of configuring
> friendly URLs doesn't explicitly state it does, it implies that adding
> the friendly URL configuration actually changes the way URLs are dealt
> with when it most definitely does not. Add to this that the Shell
> component will add Tapestry comments, and cookies add the servlet's
> path, and exploitation of a site generated by Tapestry becomes somewhat
> trivial.
>
> Given the above, the statement that this is an issue seems to be a fact.
> The question is: Is this an issue that warrants an issue in Jira to fix?
> Or more documentation stating the issue? I'd personally hope for the
> former.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Brian
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