Inside your WEBINF, add you can add a security constraint:
<security-constraint>
<web-resource-collection>
<web-resource-name>Forbidden</web-resource-name>
<url-pattern>/blah/*</url-pattern>
<http-method>PUT</http-method>
<http-method>DELETE</http-method>
<http-method>TRACE</http-method>
</web-resource-collection>
<auth-constraint>
<role-name>empty_role</role-name>
</auth-constraint>
</security-constraint>
Alternatively, you can do these two things:
In server.xml, edit the <connector>
element, add an attribute: allowTrace="false"
. Then edit the DefaultServlet: $CATALINA_HOME/conf/web.xml
<servlet>
<servlet-name>default</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>
org.apache.catalina.servlets.DefaultServlet
</servlet-class>
<!-- blah blah blah -->
<init-param>
<param-name>readonly</param-name>
<param-value>true</param-value>
</init-param>
</servlet>