On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 1:14 AM, Christopher Schultz <ch...@christopherschultz.net> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Sriram, > > On 6/10/2011 1:49 PM, Sriram Narayanan wrote: >> Having one application serve static content, and having other >> applications serve other content (accept http requests, perform some >> processing, and send back responses, for e.g.), is actually a widely >> accepted and tested mechanism of using various stacks for various >> tasks. > > Sure, but it's not always necessary. More moving parts when they aren't > necessary just results in tougher management and greater opportunity for > security mistakes. >
For those that need it, this is what is done. Phrases such as "moving parts", etc give the impression that it's all going to be very complicated when it's not. >> In fact, the vast majority of websites out there specifically stick in >> proxies and such in front of tomcat for SSL termination, load >> balancing, and static content serving. > > I'm not sure I would say "the vast majority", but certainly many are. > There's no need to give the impression that some other web server in > front of Tomcat is a best practice: it's merely a common practice. > This is not giving an impression. There's a reason that this is common practice. > - -chris > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (MingW32) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAk3ydCIACgkQ9CaO5/Lv0PDRRACfeZ7jW2zSaKy6yf+CZejb46JX > DSUAoJbNc3ZABf/19X5fjQveE4MjAbDh > =KY1q > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > > -- ================== Belenix: www.belenix.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
