https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=61542

--- Comment #8 from Remy Maucherat <r...@apache.org> ---
(In reply to Peter Stöckli from comment #7)
> Isn't the mere existence of the readonly parameter also part of the problem?
> 
> https://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-7.0-doc/default-servlet.html
> It is currently documented as "Is this context "read only", so HTTP commands
> like PUT and DELETE are rejected? [true]"
> 
> But it holds more "surprises". IMHO this parameter should NEVER be set to
> false. Maybe it can be removed or the documentation of this parameter can be
> improved?

Have you ever heard of WebDAV ? Obviously if we were writing Tomcat today, we
would never bother implementing it. Also obviously, nobody running a public
server should enable it, secured or not. But it's not going to be removed
either.

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