On 03/09/2010 16:01, Caldarale, Charles R wrote:
>> From: Pid [mailto:p...@pidster.com] 
>> Subject: Re: Unexpected errors after opening port 80
> 
>> How does this have any bearing on a firewall port being 
>> opening and some database errors?
> 
> It's possible that opening port 80 has enabled a much larger set of attacks 
> to get through the firewall now, and make it to the back end.  If the webapps 
> under Tomcat should be accessible only via HTTPS, they should have a 
> <transport-guarantee> setting of CONFIDENTIAL in their WEB-INF/web.xml files; 
> this will stop all regular HTTP requests dead in their tracks.  (Or you could 
> just remove the port 80 <Connector>.)  If you want to keep port 80 open for 
> in-house use, you can add a valve to insure that only known IP addresses come 
> through that door.

Fair point.


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