Return-Path: Mailing-List: contact tomcat-user-help@jakarta.apache.org; run by ezmlm Delivered-To: mailing list tomcat-user@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 58645 invoked from network); 11 Sep 2003 19:05:31 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO corpw2kds01.oshtruck.com) (12.37.1.125) by daedalus.apache.org with SMTP; 11 Sep 2003 19:05:31 -0000 Subject: Re: TRACE/TRACK methods To: "Tomcat Users List" X-Mailer: Lotus Notes Release 5.0.12 February 13, 2003 Message-ID: From: "Mark Lenz" Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 14:07:01 -0500 X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on CorpW2KDS01/Hub(Release 5.0.10 |March 22, 2002) at 09/11/2003 02:06:07 PM MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Spam-Rating: daedalus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N I'm not sure exactly how to do this. The Servlet Spec is pretty vague on how to add a security-constraint denying access via an http-method. Could you give me an example? Thanks. Mark Lenz Software Engineer Control Systems Group Pierce Manufacturing, Inc. (920) 832-3523 mlenz@piercemfg.com |---------+----------------------------> | | Tim Funk | | | | | | | | | 09/11/2003 11:44 | | | AM | | | Please respond to| | | "Tomcat Users | | | List" | | | | |---------+----------------------------> >-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | To: Tomcat Users List | | cc: | | Subject: Re: TRACE/TRACK methods | >-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| You can add a security constraint in web.xml to disable TRACE. -Tim Mark Lenz wrote: > Our company conducted a security audit and Tomcat was reported as > supporting TRACE and TRACK. It said, "It has been shown that servers > supporting this method are subject to cross-site-scripting attacks, dubbed > XST for 'Cross-Site-Tracing', when used in conjunction with various > weaknesses in browsers." I have been assigned the task of turning off this > support, but I have searched Google, tomcat-user archives and the Tomcat > documentation to no avail. Does anyone know how to disable these methods? > Thanks. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tomcat-user-unsubscribe@jakarta.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: tomcat-user-help@jakarta.apache.org The information contained in this electronic mail message is confidential information and intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above, and may be privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please contact the sender immediately, delete this material from your computer and destroy all related paper media. Please note that the documents transmitted are not intended to be binding until a hard copy has been manually signed by all parties. Thank you.