Lock down the .war file

You can compile the JSP files (using JSPC) and while WARring, remove all the original JSP files from the WAR file.
they will just see the compiled code. (I am assuming that they are deploying the war file given by you)...

Try zip your war file with Winzip, and set a password, for example.

ryancys,
I tried that but it does not work. The app server tries to unzip it for recompilation and that fails..

What i mean is 1st try to compress your files into a war file 1st, and then simply use any zipping tool (in this case, Winzip) to zip the war file and make it password protected. Actually it's the way i've done for my previous client all the time when i deployed the jsp applications.

ryancys,

I am not sure i understand. You can also create a war file through the Zip utility..Even if I were to create a war file and zip it up, would you unzip it before deploying it..

When you did this.. did you just put the zip file in the appropriate directory and leave it at that or did you unzip it and then deploy it?
I am sorry if is sound confused.. I am :-)

Thanks

>>I am not sure i understand. You can also create a war file through the Zip utility
Actually i'm not too sure about that, really.. ;-)

Yet, I used to create war file from command prompt, like:

C:\jdk\bin\myApp>c:\jdk\bin\jar cvf c:\jdk\bin\myApp.war *.*

where i usually copy the whole application folder to bin folder, and then i zip the created myApp.war file with Winzip, and make it password protected.

and once it's deployed on my client's end. He will unzip the file, and then the client get the myApp.war file. And he will restart it's Servlet Container (Tomcat in this case), and then the war file is 'unwar'ed.

The above may also sounds weird, those are what i learn myself and it works for me so far for this couple of years ;-)

Correct me or other guys may have better approach 8-)

Okay...
I see what you mean.. However, what i want to do is to secure the war file itself. I don't want the client to see the application code..

cchangti,
Does using JSPC allow me to deploy on different servlet containers?.. I see this as a good option but is it supported by other app severs other than tomcat?

Thanks

Yes, it is supported. But, you need to jspc with different application servers (effectively creating one war file per app server)...
for example you will use weblogic.jspc xyz.war for weblogic etc...,