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Florian,

On 3/19/20 07:43, Fritze, Florian wrote:
> since the Tomcat release with the Ghostcat security fix (Tomcat
> 8.5.51) me as an admin have the problem using the
> https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/mod_proxy_ajp.html module to
> connect the Apache HTTPD with the Tomcat running on localhost. The
> attribute secretRequired must be set to „true“ or „false“ with
> „false“ set the connection is not possible between Tomcat and
> Apache HTTPD.

When you have set secretRequired="false", it's not possible to
connect? When you try to connect, what DOES happen?

> With „true“ the Apache development is not ready in the current
> version to work with the „secret“ attribute. Only the next version
> of Apache 2.4 supports this attribute.
Correct. Support for secret= in mod_proxy_ajp was evidently never
really a priority for anybody until now.

> So I want to use the newest Tomcat version and an AJP connector
> but after the Ghostcat fix release there is this attribute which
> does not work in my configuration.
>
> Are there any suggestions or solutions available that you can
> deliver me (links or documentation, etc.)

secretRequired="false" should be all you need.

Of course, to be truly secure, you need to make sure that not just
anybody can make requests through your AJP interface. Have you secured
that interface from potential evildoers?

- -chris
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