Date: March 9, 2001 APAR: PQ46735 Defect: 94578 Author: Todd Kaplinger Problem Fixes: - Security hole concerning Windows and securing jsp's and static html files. (94578) - Unable to serve static files via SimpleFileServlet if specifying extension mapped urls (eg. "*.html" instead of the normal "/") after applying FP3. (94988) Problem Summaries : Internal Defect (94578) ====================== Windows and Netware security hole concerning JSP's amd static html files. Internal Defect (94988) ====================== After applying fp3, unable to serve default static pages via SimpleFileServlet. If servlet is defined with an extension mapped url (eg., "*.html" instead of the normal "/"), WebSphere returns file not found. For example, http://localhost/admin/index.html would return file not found index.html. How to apply: - Stop all application servers and the WebSphere administrative service. - Create a new directory, /AppServer/efixes and copy pq46735_3024.jar to that directory. - Edit /bin/admin.config and add /AppServer/efixes/pq46735_3024.jar to the beginning of com.ibm.ejs.sm.adminserver.classpath. - Restart the WebSphere administrative service and application servers.