Re: hardening mod_write and mod_proxy like mod_jk with servletnormalize

2020-07-16 Thread Eric Covener
On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 3:31 PM Ruediger Pluem  wrote:
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> On 6/24/20 1:27 PM, Eric Covener wrote:
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> >> ProxyMappingDecoded is not needed anymore (and was removed).
> >> The mapping= tells mod_proxy at which stage ([pre_]translate) it
> >> should map the request path.
> > +1
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> Getting back to an old topic. Shouldn't we have a directive similar to
> AllowEncodedSlashes that allows us to block URI's that contain
> URL fragments like /.; and /..; in order to avoid that someone plays
> silly games that bypass Location settings and RewriteRules
> that might be used with a servlet engine in the backend? Happy
> to have that set to a default that allows /.; and /..;.

+, but I'd want the safer default.


Re: hardening mod_write and mod_proxy like mod_jk with servletnormalize

2020-07-16 Thread Ruediger Pluem



On 6/24/20 1:27 PM, Eric Covener wrote:
>>
>> ProxyMappingDecoded is not needed anymore (and was removed).
>> The mapping= tells mod_proxy at which stage ([pre_]translate) it
>> should map the request path.
> +1
> 

Getting back to an old topic. Shouldn't we have a directive similar to
AllowEncodedSlashes that allows us to block URI's that contain
URL fragments like /.; and /..; in order to avoid that someone plays
silly games that bypass Location settings and RewriteRules
that might be used with a servlet engine in the backend? Happy
to have that set to a default that allows /.; and /..;.

Regards

RĂ¼diger