I am working on a Java/Struts application that uses Tomcat 6.0.10. It's a typical web application that allows users to edit some forms, and streams PDFs. Way back, we added:
<security-constraint>
<web-resource-collection>
<web-resource-name>GeneralRequests</web-resource-name>
<url-pattern>/WR1/*</url-pattern>
</w...
Can I set Tomcat (or my webapp if it's done that way) to require SSL for confidentiality of the built-in Form-Based Login mechanism?
i.e. to protect the users credentials, and use standard http for any other transactions?
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I'm developing a journal web app and am trying to tackle what I foresee as the biggest problem - trusting me not to read other people's entries. The solution I have so far is:
User gives a secret key each time they login. It is not stored with their user data and is only kept for the lifetime of the session.
Each entry the user writes ...