Aaron Knauf wrote:
>
> "Kevin A. Burton" wrote:
>
> > Aaron Knauf wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I am a newcomer to Jetspeed. I have set it up and had a look. One of
> > > the first things that struck me was that none of the content in the
> > > default portlets was available, because the Jetspeed server was unable
> > > to contact the source servers. I promptly started looking for a config
> > > option to use a proxied Internet connection, but no joy.
> > >
> > > Is this functionality on the cards for a future release? (Am I missing
> > > something?)
> >
> > No. Use the proxy support in the JDK or use a router with decent ACLs
> > on it. This should be taken care of at the Network level.
> >
>
> Should? Better to say could. Application layer enforcement of security
> policy is far more flexible and potentially more secure. Additionally, the
> existing security infrastructure of an organisation should not need to be
> changed every time a new service is implemented on the network.
>
> However, your point is taken - if I want that, I'll have to get around to
> writing it myself. Perhaps an HTTPConnectionManager class which takes
> requests from portlets that want to talk to other web servers? Comments,
> anyone?
>
Don't strain yourself over this, if you're using Sun JVM specify
-Dproxy.host=<myproxy> and -Dproxy.port=<myport> in the interprter
command-line options of your servlet runner and you're set...
I guess most JVMs support this functionality, maybe with a
different syntax though...
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