https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AMQ-6182

Disabling the HTTP trace method on the websocket port by default.  It
can be enabled by setting the parameter "http.enableTrace=true" on the
connection uri if it is needed for debugging.

activemq-http/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/transport/ws/WSTransportServer.java

@@ -29,10 +29,13 @@ import org.apache.activemq.transport.WebTransportServerSupport;
 import org.apache.activemq.transport.ws.jetty9.WSServlet;
 import org.apache.activemq.util.IntrospectionSupport;
 import org.apache.activemq.util.ServiceStopper;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.security.ConstraintMapping;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.security.ConstraintSecurityHandler;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.server.Connector;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletContextHandler;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.util.security.Constraint;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -61,9 +64,14 @@ public class WSTransportServer extends WebTransportServerSupport {
         URI boundTo = bind();
 
         ServletContextHandler contextHandler =
-                new ServletContextHandler(server, "/", ServletContextHandler.NO_SECURITY);
+                new ServletContextHandler(server, "/", ServletContextHandler.SECURITY);
 
         ServletHolder holder = new ServletHolder();
+
+        //AMQ-6182 - disabling trace by default
+        configureTraceMethod((ConstraintSecurityHandler) contextHandler.getSecurityHandler(),
+                getHttpOptions().isEnableTrace());
+
         Map<String, Object> webSocketOptions = IntrospectionSupport.extractProperties(transportOptions, "websocket.");
         for(Map.Entry<String,Object> webSocketEntry : webSocketOptions.entrySet()) {
             Object value = webSocketEntry.getValue();
@@ -106,6 +114,31 @@ public class WSTransportServer extends WebTransportServerSupport {
         return (Integer)connector.getClass().getMethod("getLocalPort").invoke(connector);
     }
 
+    private void configureTraceMethod(ConstraintSecurityHandler securityHandler,
+            boolean enableTrace) {
+        Constraint constraint = new Constraint();
+        constraint.setName("trace-security");
+        //If enableTrace is true, then we want to set authenticate to false to allow it
+        constraint.setAuthenticate(!enableTrace);
+        ConstraintMapping mapping = new ConstraintMapping();
+        mapping.setConstraint(constraint);
+        mapping.setMethod("TRACE");
+        mapping.setPathSpec("/");
+        securityHandler.addConstraintMapping(mapping);
+    }
+
+    protected static class HttpOptions {
+        private boolean enableTrace = false;
+
+        public boolean isEnableTrace() {
+            return enableTrace;
+        }
+
+        public void setEnableTrace(boolean enableTrace) {
+            this.enableTrace = enableTrace;
+        }
+    }
+
     @Override
     protected void doStop(ServiceStopper stopper) throws Exception {
         Server temp = server;
@@ -128,6 +161,15 @@ public class WSTransportServer extends WebTransportServerSupport {
         this.connector = connector;
     }
 
+    protected HttpOptions getHttpOptions() {
+        HttpOptions httpOptions = new HttpOptions();
+        if (transportOptions != null) {
+            Map<String, Object> httpOptionsMap = IntrospectionSupport.extractProperties(transportOptions, "http.");
+            IntrospectionSupport.setProperties(httpOptions, httpOptionsMap);
+        }
+        return httpOptions;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void setTransportOption(Map<String, Object> transportOptions) {
         Map<String, Object> socketOptions = IntrospectionSupport.extractProperties(transportOptions, "transport.");

activemq-http/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/transport/ws/WSTransportHttpTraceTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.activemq.transport.ws;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
+
+import org.eclipse.jetty.client.HttpClient;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.client.api.Request;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.client.api.Result;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.client.util.BufferingResponseListener;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.http.HttpMethod;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.http.HttpStatus;
+import org.junit.Ignore;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.junit.runners.Parameterized;
+import org.junit.runners.Parameterized.Parameters;
+
+@RunWith(Parameterized.class)
+public class WSTransportHttpTraceTest extends WSTransportTest {
+
+    private String enableTraceParam;
+    private int expectedStatus;
+
+    @Parameters
+    public static Collection<Object[]> data() {
+        return Arrays.asList(new Object[][] {
+                //value is empty
+                {"http.enableTrace=", HttpStatus.FORBIDDEN_403},
+                //default, trace method not specified
+                {null, HttpStatus.FORBIDDEN_403},
+                // enable http trace method
+                {"http.enableTrace=true", HttpStatus.OK_200},
+                // disable trace method
+                {"http.enableTrace=false", HttpStatus.FORBIDDEN_403}
+        });
+    }
+
+    public WSTransportHttpTraceTest(final String enableTraceParam, final int expectedStatus) {
+        this.enableTraceParam = enableTraceParam;
+        this.expectedStatus = expectedStatus;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected String getWSConnectorURI() {
+        String uri = "ws://127.0.0.1:61623?websocket.maxTextMessageSize=99999&transport.maxIdleTime=1001";
+        uri = enableTraceParam != null ? uri + "&" + enableTraceParam : uri;
+        return uri;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This tests whether the TRACE method is enabled or not
+     * @throws Exception
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testHttpTraceEnabled() throws Exception {
+        HttpClient httpClient = new HttpClient();
+        httpClient.start();
+
+        final CountDownLatch latch = new CountDownLatch(1);
+        Request request = httpClient.newRequest("http://127.0.0.1:61623").method(HttpMethod.TRACE);
+        final AtomicInteger status = new AtomicInteger();
+        request.send(new BufferingResponseListener() {
+            @Override
+            public void onComplete(Result result) {
+                status.set(result.getResponse().getStatus());
+                latch.countDown();
+            }
+        });
+        latch.await();
+        assertEquals(expectedStatus, status.get());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    @Ignore
+    @Test
+    public void testBrokerStart() throws Exception {
+    }
+}