On Wednesday 24 November 2004 07:49, Richard wrote:
> Hi Quinton,

Can't really check, but the following guidelines are good:

-> Make sure your tomcat user does not have admin privileges on the server. 
(Not sure how to do this on Windows, I am a linux person).

-> Make sure your web-application doesn't have any funny code that might get 
exploited by a proficient hacker (i.e. shell commands run as ROOT).

-> Add a blank index.html to each directory of your web-app, this prevents 
users from getting directory listings on your server.

-> Ensure that you don't give away too much information in your URL (using ? 
and & parameters). This can easily be prevented by implementing SSL and 
ensuring that the users have to log on first.

> How can you tell when your web-app is secure?
> Forgive me for asking too many questions, im just a newbie.

No problem. I understand. :)

> Thanks
Q
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