GH-3885: Document Spring Security integration for WebFlux and WebMVC gateways#4198
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… and WebMVC gateways Add spring-security.adoc pages to both the WebFlux and WebMVC gateway modules covering required starters, default Spring Security behavior, SecurityWebFilterChain/SecurityFilterChain configuration, the HTTP Firewall concern for WebMVC (StrictHttpFirewall blocking proxied paths), and cross-references to the TokenRelay filter and Spring Security docs. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Summary
Closes #3885
spring-security.adocto both the WebFlux and WebMVC gateway modulesspring-boot-starter-security,oauth2-client,oauth2-resource-server)SecurityWebFilterChain/SecurityFilterChainthat allows health endpoints while protecting routesStrictHttpFirewallconcern: it can block requests with encoded slashes or backslashes before they reach the gateway's routing logic, with a configuration example and cautionnav.adoc(aftertls-and-ssl)Test plan
tokenrelay-factory.adocandtokenrelay.adocresolve/reactive/index.html,/servlet/index.html,/servlet/exploits/firewall.html)🤖 Generated with Claude Code