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André,

On 9/29/2011 5:59 PM, André Warnier wrote:
> Addendum : And then we're gonna make sure that the configuration
> files of Tomcat are given appropriate permissions so that only
> Tomcat and authorized users can browse said secret. End of
> addendum.

While that's a good idea in general, it doesn't help prevent this
attack unless there is a trusted insider.

Setting the shared secret means that nobody entirely outside your
environment can inject an AJP message into Tomcat. Read the bug report
if you haven't already done so... it's quite a brilliant attack.

- -chris
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