"Craig R. McClanahan" wrote:
> 
> Glenn Nielsen wrote:
> 
> > I had looked at the code a while ago, and at that time the code to
> > implement the Java SeucrityManager had been ported from Tomcat 3.2.
> >
> > When I looked at the code today, it is entirely different and unfinished.
> > I was wondering who had been working on this and if they were planning
> > on finishing it anytime in the near future.  If not, I can spend some
> > time finishing it up (most likely rewriting or reimplementing the Tomcat
> > 3.x SecurityManager code).
> >
> 
> I had started working on this, but quickly came to the conclusion that I don't
> know enough about how protection domains work -- and the arcane games we had to
> play in Tomcat 3.x to maintain JDK 1.1 compatibility made that code
> indecipherable to me.
> 
> I would really really appreciate your help on getting this stuff to work in
> Tomcat 4.0.
> 

Ok, I'll get started.

I haven't looked at the Tomcat 4 code base much yet.
Give me a chance to digest the ContextManager, ClassLoaders, and
Jasper architecture.  Then I'll put together a design doc so others
can comment on how the SecurityManager is hooked in.

Regards,

Glenn

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