I think so. It is mentioned in the AJP Protocol Reference for AJP 1.3...

http://tomcat.apache.org/connectors-doc/ajp/ajpv13a.html

hth, cheers
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On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 15:09, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Thank you for you answers.
>
> As you are speaking about SSL, do you know if client certificats are
> forwarded to CAS X509 handler when Tomecat is behind the Apache/mod_jk
> or Apache/mod_proxy_ajp ?
>
> Stéphane
>
> On 7/24/08, Andrew Ralph Feller, afelle1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > For those who need to support Java applications along with PHP / Perl
> > applications, they could host both from the same machine by having Apache
> > httpd front-end Apache Tomcat.  There is a another reason why some people
> > use mod_jk + Tomcat: inexperience in managing Tomcat.  When I was
> starting
> > out, I hated working with keystores as it wasn¹t nearly as straight
> forward
> > as Apache httpd¹s mod_ssl configuration.  Once I found how to setup the
> > Apache Portable Runtime in Tomcat, then I felt comfortable not having
> Tomcat
> > front-ended as the APR configuration is extremely similar to mod_ssl.
> >
> > On a tangential note, there is an alternative to mod_jk called
> > mod_proxy_ajp, which comes with Apache httpd 2.2 and works in a similar
> > manner.
> >
> >
> > On 7/24/08 6:12 AM, "Siegfried Puchbauer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > wrote:
> >
> >> You can gain a lot of flexibility when you choose to use Apache in front
> >> of
> >> your Tomcat backend. For example a very flexible way to perform
> name-based
> >> virtual hosting. Also mod_rewrite is great to perform dynamic redirects
> >> using
> >> regexes. And the reverse-proxy capabilities by mod_proxy are also very
> >> useful
> >> - especially when using other application in the same url-space. You can
> >> also
> >> use it to display a service unavailibilty information when you
> >> upgrade/restart
> >> you tomcat. If you do not have the need of rewriteing urls, perform
> >> virtual-hosting there is IMHO no reason to not choose a standalone
> tomcat.
> >>
> >> Cheers, sigi
> >> _______________________
> >> Siegfried Puchbauer
> >> http://siegfried.puchbauer.com/
> >>
> >> On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 11:55, Stéphane Gully <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >> wrote:
> >>> Hello,
> >>>
> >>> This is a generic question, not directly related to CAS. I'm sorry for
> >>> that.
> >>> Google didn't helped me so I try here.
> >>>
> >>> When I installed CAS, I had the choice to deploy it directly in Tomcat
> >>> or in Apache/mod_jk+Tomcat. I chosed to deploy it directly in Tomcat
> >>> because I needed X509 authentication handler and it just looked more
> >>> easy to configure directly in Tomcat.
> >>>
> >>> I often read that mod_jk should be used but I never know why ? could
> >>> someone tell me the reason(s) ?
> >>>
> >>> regards,
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