> From: André Warnier [mailto:a...@ice-sa.com]
> Subject: Re: [OT] servlet use. TC6, FC10
>
> I was just checking that page indicated above, and happened
> to read the "caseSensitive" attribute definition.
> Doesn't that explanation strike anyone as weird ?

Only if you're not aware that both Java and URLs are case-sensitive.

> Or am I just not getting the double negatives somewhere ?

Nope, you're not :-)

> I would expect a "caseSensitive" attribute to have a default value
> "false" under Windows for example.

Because the Windows file system is not case sensitive, it would be easy to 
accidentally expose mandated hidden resources via such URLs as:
    http://host/myApp/wEb-Inf/dont-look-here.jsp
if case sensitivity were disabled in Tomcat.

 - Chuck


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