Update JBoss to maintain security?

[maraudermuc]

Hello,

We're running a productive Application von JBoss 3.2.3 with Tomcat 4.1.29 for a while now.

Since the Server should be partially opened to the Internet now - I have the task to define security-specs for this server.

Of course make sure all Win-Patches are in place, update the Apache is mandatory... JDK will also be updated to the latest bugfix release 1.4.2_12

But is it reasonable to update the old JBoss 3.2.3 and/or Tomcat to the latest 3.2.8 SP1 release for security reasons?
The App itself is running fine and I would like to avoid touching a running system if it's not reasonable

Second - if we better upgrade the App-Server - is there a best practice to do so?

Thanks for the help...

[aq12ws]

Hi ,
Are you talking about securing the JBoss or upgrading ? The out of the box JBoss intallation is not secure . If u expose the jmx-console , your server can be shutdown from the web itself .
If u are talking about security issues like this then i can provide more information on that ,.

Rgds,
Alok

[maraudermuc]

"aq12ws" wrote:
Hi ,
Are you talking about securing the JBoss or upgrading ?

I intended to ask, if I should upgrade JBoss to the latest "patchlevel" for security reasons.
E.g. It is recommended to upgrade apache 2.0.x to the latest version 2.0.58, because security-holes have been fixed in this version.

Is this also best practice for JBoss - so if I use 3.2.3 should I go for 3.2.8 SP1 to have all known bugs fixed... or are there no security-related fixes in JBoss?

"aq12ws" wrote:

The out of the box JBoss intallation is not secure . If u expose the jmx-console , your server can be shutdown from the web itself .
If u are talking about security issues like this then i can provide more information on that ,.

The server has been setup with regard to security a while ago (not from me)... and of course is not fully exposed to the net.
Anyhow - I would be very interested in more information on securing JBoss to double-check our settings and learn from more experienced users...

Thx for the help,
Thorsten

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