Bill Barker wrote:
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message 
>> +<p><b>The Apache httpd DocumentRoot should not overlap with a Tomcat 
>> Host's
>> +appBase or the docBase of any Context. Configuring httpd/Tomcat this way 
>> is very
>> +likely to result in JSP source code disclosure and/or other security 
>> issues.
>> +</b></p>
> 
> IMHO, this is misleading.  It requires a lot more httpd configuration to 
> make this secure, but it isn't in and of itself insecure.
> 
> And, if you are going to go this route, you should also warn about:
>    Alias /myapp /var/tomcat/webapps/myapp
> 

I am not going to get upset if you want to commit some alternative
guidance. My main concern is that there is some warning as a number of
how-to guides seem to recommend it without the extra security and
there has been a rash of related e-mails recently.

Mark

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