gents and ladies,

currently we are doing SSL a little bit differently between APR and the Java connectors.
The APR connector requires an attribute sslEngine="On" to kick in.

I believe this attribute to be useful for two reasons:

1.
Config should be as consistent as possible.

2.
If I use a SSL network card, or apache doing SSL etc, I would like to trick Tomcat into thinking it is running in SSL
for example:

Apache Port 80 -> mod_proxy(http) -> Tomcat 8080
<Connector protocol="HTTP/1.1" port="8080"/>
Apache Port 443 -> mod_proxy(http) -> Tomcat 8081
<Connector protocol="HTTP/1.1" port="8081" secure="true" scheme="https" sslEngine="off"/>

This example here is with Apache, but if you use any kind of SSL accelerator, be it a network card or an appliance, there is a risk of getting stuck in a redirect loop when using <transport-guarantee>CONFIDENTIAL</transport-guarantee>
in web.xml

Currently, you have to work around it using Valves or filters, but it can get a little messy.

Useful?

Filip




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