![]() ![]() ![]() Running Tomcat with a security manager is better than running without one. Security Manager protects you from an untrusted applet running in your browser. Now, when you access an application, you should see a blank value for the Server header. ![]() Let’s hide the product and version details from the Server header. Having a server banner expose the product and version you are using and leads to information leakage vulnerability.īy default, a page served by Tomcat will show like this. ![]() Removing Server Banner from HTTP Header is one of the first things to do as hardening. Let’s go through the hardening & securing procedures. We will call Tomcat Installation folder as $tomcat throughout this guidelines. If testing Internet-facing application, then you may use the following HTTP Header tools to verify the implementation.Īnd for an Intranet application, you may use Google Chrome, Firefox developer tools.Īs a best practice, you must take a backup of any file you are about to modify. We require some tool to examine HTTP Headers for verification. Good knowledge of Tomcat & UNIX command is mandatory. This is designed for Middleware Administrator, Application Support, System Analyst, or anyone working or eager to learn Tomcat Hardening and Security. Having default Tomcat configuration may expose sensitive information, which helps hacker to prepare for an attack on the application.įollowing are tested on Tomcat 7.x, UNIX environment. If you are using Apache HTTP as a front-end web server, then you must consider securing that as well. Using a web server to handle the requests gives performance and security benefits. However, in a production environment, you may want to use some web servers like Apache, Nginx as front-end to route the requests to the Tomcat. Technically, you can use Tomcat as a front-end server to serve site requests directly. It’s used by some of following high traffic websites:īelow chart shows the market position of Tomcat in the Java application server. Tomcat is one of the most popular Servlet and JSP Container servers. A practical guide to hardening and secure Apache Tomcat Server with the best practices. ![]()
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