Changes to JBoss web.xml have no effect
- by sixtyfootersdude
I just added this to my web.xml on my JBOSS server. But it had no effect. I am still allowed to connect to ports that do not use bi-directional certificate exchange. Anyone have an ideas?
<!-- Force SSL for entire site as described here: http://wiki.metawerx.net/wiki/ForcingSSLForSectionsOfYourWebsite -->
<security-constraint>
<!-- defines resources to be protected (in this case everything)-->
<web-resource-collection>
<!-- name for the resource, can be anything you like -->
<!-- Question: is this referenced anywhere else? -->
<web-resource-name>
Entire Application
</web-resource-name>
<!-- protect the entire application -->
<url-pattern>
/*
</url-pattern>
</web-resource-collection>
<!-- defines protection level for protected resource -->
<user-data-constraint>
<!-- data cannot be observed or changed -->
<!-- how it works in tomcat: -->
<!-- if (set to integral or confidential && not using ssl) -->
<!-- redirect sent to client, redirecting them to same url -->
<!-- but using the port defined in the redirect port -->
<!-- attribute in the <Connector> element of server.xml -->
<!-- default is 443, so in other words user is redirected -->
<!-- to same page using ssl. -->
<!-- BUT it is differnt for JBOSS!! See this link: http://wiki.metawerx.net/wiki/ForcingSSLForSectionsOfYourWebsite -->
<transport-guarantee>
CONFIDENTIAL
</transport-guarantee>
</user-data-constraint>
</security-constraint>
<login-config>
<!-- Client-side SSL certificate based authentication. The cert is passed to the server to authenticate -->
<!-- I am pretty sure that CLIENT-CERT should have a dash NOT an underscore see: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg139845.html -->
<!-- CLIENT-CERT uses a client's AND server's certificates. See: http://monduke.com/2006/01/19/the-mysterious-client-cert/ -->
<auth-method>
CLIENT-CERT
</auth-method>
</login-config>
Update
Actually it appears that I have made an error in my original posting.
The web.xml does block users from connecting to the webservice using http (port C below). However users are still allowed to connect to ports that do not force users to authenticate themselves (port B). I think that users should be able to connect to port A (it has clientAuth="true") but I dont think that people should be able to connect to port B (it has clientAuth="false").
Excerpt from server.xml
<Connector port="<A>" ... SSLEnabled="true"
...
scheme="https" secure="true" clientAuth="true"
keystoreFile="... .keystore"
keystorePass="pword"
truststoreFile="... .keystore"
truststorePass="pword"
sslProtocol="TLS"/>
<Connector port="<B>" ... SSLEnabled="true"
...
scheme="https" secure="true" clientAuth="false"
keystoreFile="... .keystore"
keystorePass="pword" sslProtocol = "TLS" />
<Connector port="<C>" ...
/>
