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Frank,

On 4/12/20 10:20, Frank Tornack wrote:
> It is possible to replace AJP with normal HTTP or HTTPs.
>
> AJP has an advantage, it needs less bandwidth.

Reference?

> But it shouldn't make too much difference with today's computer
> networks. If you need the bandwidth advantage, you can certainly
> use the module ModSecurity for Apache HTTPD to protect your
> application server. But an advanced solution would be to protect
> AJP with the IPTables firewall. AJP is mostly used in conjunction
> with HTTPD and if you only allow access to these, it should be
> pretty secure.

While a firewall (iptables) can be used to protect AJP, a much better
solution would be mutually-authenticated stunnel. Even better, switch
to mutually-authenticated https, which doesn't require a separate
package to add the security layer.

- -chris

> Am Freitag, den 10.04.2020, 15:45 +0000 schrieb David Cleary:
>> Some of our customers are currently using the AJP connector.
>> Given the vulnerability and breaking change to address it, now
>> may be a good time to prompt them look at alternatives. One
>> requirement is HTTPS support. What are the alternatives when
>> hosting Tomcat behind Apache httpd, nginx, or IIS? I do remember
>> a presentation I thought was pretty good at Apachecon in Miami on
>> connectors a few years ago. Has there been anything new that has
>> come out since then? Are there any recommendations on what is
>> best to replace AJP13?
>>
>> Thanks Dave
>
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