Enable HSTS for Apache-Tomcat-7.0.26

Edit apache-tomcat-7.0.26/conf/web.xml before </webapp> tag. (before last line)


<filter>
  <filter-name>httpHeaderSecurity</filter-name>
  <filter-class>org.apache.catalina.filters.HttpHeaderSecurityFilter</filter-class>
  <async-supported>true</async-supported>
  <init-param>
	<param-name>hstsEnabled</param-name>
    <param-value>true</param-value>
  </init-param>
  <init-param>
    <param-name>hstsMaxAgeSeconds</param-name>
    <param-value>31536000</param-value>
  </init-param>
  <init-param>
    <param-name>hstsIncludeSubDomains</param-name>
    <param-value>true</param-value>
  </init-param>
</filter>

<!-- The mapping for the HTTP header security Filter -->
<filter-mapping>
  <filter-name>httpHeaderSecurity</filter-name>
  <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
  <dispatcher>REQUEST</dispatcher>
</filter-mapping>




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