Creating a Simple Application in Tomcat..................................................................................

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Verifying the Simple Application Operation.............................................................................

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Secure the Web Server Stack............................................................................................................

42

Enabling HTTPS Support in the Apache HTTP Server.............................................................

42

Apache HTTP Server Authorization .........................................................................................

43

Creating a Test index.html File.............................................................................................

43

Configuring the Authorized Overrides................................................................................

43

Creating a Password File......................................................................................................

44

Creating the Distributed Configuration File........................................................................

44

Restarting the Apache HTTP Server ....................................................................................

44

Verifying the Authentication and Authorization Operations..............................................

44

Protecting Apache HTTP Server Authorization with Symas CDS............................................

44

Configuring CDS and LDAP Services..................................................................................

44

Configuring Apache HTTP Server Services.........................................................................

45

Protecting Tomcat Authorization with Symas CDS...................................................................

46

Monitor Tomcat with OpenView Tomcat SPI.......................................................................................

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Software Prerequisites and Reference Guides.................................................................................

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Tomcat SPI Components .................................................................................................................

49

Tools...........................................................................................................................................

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Policies........................................................................................................................................

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Appendix A: Checklist for Building a Web Server Middleware Stack.................................................

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Appendix B: Frequently Asked Questions...........................................................................................

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Appendix C: Vendor Information Reference........................................................................................

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Appendix D: Hibernate Test Application Source Code........................................................................

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