Chris,

Am Dienstag, den 14.04.2020, 10:56 -0400 schrieb Christopher Schultz:
> Frank,
> 
> On 4/12/20 10:20, Frank Tornack wrote:
> > It is possible to replace AJP with normal HTTP or HTTPs.
> > 
> > AJP has an advantage, it needs less bandwidth.
> 
> Reference?
https://marc.info/?l=tomcat-user&m=123404294317780
I think AJP has less overhead.

> 
> > But it shouldn't make too much difference with today's computer
> > networks. If you need the bandwidth advantage, you can certainly
> > use the module ModSecurity for Apache HTTPD to protect your
> > application server. But an advanced solution would be to protect
> > AJP with the IPTables firewall. AJP is mostly used in conjunction
> > with HTTPD and if you only allow access to these, it should be
> > pretty secure.
> 
> While a firewall (iptables) can be used to protect AJP, a much better
> solution would be mutually-authenticated stunnel. Even better, switch
> to mutually-authenticated https, which doesn't require a separate
> package to add the security layer.
why not both?
> 
> -chris
> 
> > Am Freitag, den 10.04.2020, 15:45 +0000 schrieb David Cleary:
> > > Some of our customers are currently using the AJP connector.
> > > Given the vulnerability and breaking change to address it, now
> > > may be a good time to prompt them look at alternatives. One
> > > requirement is HTTPS support. What are the alternatives when
> > > hosting Tomcat behind Apache httpd, nginx, or IIS? I do remember
> > > a presentation I thought was pretty good at Apachecon in Miami on
> > > connectors a few years ago. Has there been anything new that has
> > > come out since then? Are there any recommendations on what is
> > > best to replace AJP13?
> > > 
> > > Thanks Dave
> > 
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