The Apache Tomcat team announces the immediate availability of Apache Tomcat 8.5.53.
Apache Tomcat 8 is an open source software implementation of the Java Servlet, JavaServer Pages, Java Unified Expression Language, Java WebSocket and Java Authentication Service Provider Interface for Containers technologies. Apache Tomcat 8.5.x replaces 8.0.x and includes new features pulled forward from the 9.0.x branch. The notable changes since 8.5.51 include: - Add new attribute persistAuthentication to both StandardManager and PersistentManager to support authentication persistence. Patch provided by Carsten Klein - A zero length AJP secret will now behave as if it has not been specified. - Add the TLS request attributes used by IIS to the attributes that an AJP Connector will always accept. Please refer to the change log for the complete list of changes: http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-8.5-doc/changelog.html Downloads: http://tomcat.apache.org/download-80.cgi Migration guides from Apache Tomcat 7.x and 8.0.x: http://tomcat.apache.org/migration.html Enjoy! - The Apache Tomcat team
