We have a box with tomcat and apache installed with JRE 1.4.2. For
reasons I cannot give here I cannot upgrade the JRE but a security scan
has highlighted that I have to upgrade apache from 1.3.29 to 1.3.41, but
not to apache2.
I am unsure that if I do an upgrade on apache alone whether it will
From: Patrick Unthank [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Assuming by Apache you mean Apache httpd throughout]
We have a box with tomcat and apache installed with JRE 1.4.2. For
reasons I cannot give here I cannot upgrade the JRE but a
security scan
has highlighted that I have to upgrade apache from
The short answer is no, an upgrade to Apache Httpd will not necessitate
an upgrade of tomcat. Even a bigger update of httpd from 1.3.x to say
2.2.x won't necessitate an upgrade of tomcat. They aren't that tightly
bound together. You may have to recompile your mod_jk module if you use
it