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I have an application that uses Spring Security 3 runs on Tomcat. I didn't define any favicon for my website however when I run my application from my IDE sometimes after I login from my login pages it redirects my page to:
http://localhost:8080/favicon.ico
and says:
404 Not Found
There is a topic here: http://forum.springsource.org/showthread.php?100901-redirect-to-favicon.ico however I didn't define a favicon.ico does Spring Security 3 wants it by default(if yes, why it happens sometimes?)
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In my case, it was fixed by moving the favicon. ico to the same place as my Html file. Obviously, you should change the icon path too.
If there is no favicon. ico file at the root level of a website, when a webpage is bookmarked a 404 (file not found) error may be generated (depending on the browser used). This error will not be visible to the user, but will be shown in the website server log (traffic report).
The favicon. ico is a small icon found in the URL address bar and on bookmarks created by web browsers. For example, in the image above, there's a small icon ( ) in the front of the Computer Hope URL.
Here is the explanation:
The issue is, when the browser cache is empty and a user comes in, here is what happens:
- the user requests URL "/". This URL is cached.
- the browser makes a requests to "/favicon.ico". This URL becomes the new URL where to redirect to upon authentication.
- the user posts the login form and is redirected to "/favicon.ico".
To fix this, you need to set "/favicon.ico" as being a non-secured resources:
<intercept-url pattern="/favicon.ico" access="ROLE_ANONYMOUS" />
Taken from: http://blog.idm.fr/2010/09/spring-security-redirecting-to-faviconico.html
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