-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Sriram,
On 6/10/2011 1:49 PM, Sriram Narayanan wrote: > Having one application serve static content, and having other > applications serve other content (accept http requests, perform some > processing, and send back responses, for e.g.), is actually a widely > accepted and tested mechanism of using various stacks for various > tasks. Sure, but it's not always necessary. More moving parts when they aren't necessary just results in tougher management and greater opportunity for security mistakes. > In fact, the vast majority of websites out there specifically stick in > proxies and such in front of tomcat for SSL termination, load > balancing, and static content serving. I'm not sure I would say "the vast majority", but certainly many are. There's no need to give the impression that some other web server in front of Tomcat is a best practice: it's merely a common practice. - -chris -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk3ydCIACgkQ9CaO5/Lv0PDRRACfeZ7jW2zSaKy6yf+CZejb46JX DSUAoJbNc3ZABf/19X5fjQveE4MjAbDh =KY1q -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
