Here is a list of known useful third-party tools and add-ons that are not included in the main distribution.
Filters
UrlRewrite
UrlRewriteFilter by Paul Tuckey (also hosted on GitHub: code, wiki) is a Filter that performs URL rewriting and redirections, and other typical tasks, like setting request attributes, headers or cookies.
It is similar to mod_rewrite
module of Apache HTTPD server.
Security Filter
SecurityFilter is a Filter that mimics container managed security.
Apache Shiro
Apache Shiro is a Java security framework that performs authentication, authorization, cryptography, and session management. It can be configured as a Filter to secure a web application.
Spring Security
Spring Security is a powerful and highly customizable authentication and access-control framework. It is usually used with Spring Framework. In simple configuration it may be used as a filter to perform both authentication and authorization. It also can be used to perform authorization control at business methods of an application, and to implement domain object security.
Realms
OrientDB Realm
- OrientDBRealm - Realms for Tomcat 6 and 7 that connect to an OrientDB
Web Applications
PSI Probe manager application
psi-probe is advanced manager and monitor web application for Apache Tomcat.
(It is a fork that continues development of the Lambda Probe application. The original Lambda Probe project is no more active since year 2006).