This is a nice stacktrace from the online banking at BoA, revealing the use of SAML2, http://openam.forgerock.org/ and JBoss Web/2.1.11.GA.

Most puzzling part: Why a big bank cannot configure the servers to display a proper ErrorPage instead of a stacktrace.

HTTP Status 500 –

type Exception report

message

description The server encountered an internal error () that prevented it from fulfilling this request.

exception

javax.servlet.ServletException: AMSetupFilter.doFilter
	com.sun.identity.setup.AMSetupFilter.doFilter(AMSetupFilter.java:121)
	org.jboss.web.tomcat.filters.ReplyHeaderFilter.doFilter(ReplyHeaderFilter.java:96)

root cause

org.apache.jasper.JasperException: javax.servlet.ServletException: com.sun.identity.saml2.common.SAML2Exception: The SAMLArt is missing from the HttpRequest.
	org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.handleJspException(JspServletWrapper.java:515)
	org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:393)
	org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:322)
	org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:249)
	javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)
	org.forgerock.openam.validation.ResponseValidationFilter.doFilter(ResponseValidationFilter.java:44)
	com.sun.identity.setup.AMSetupFilter.doFilter(AMSetupFilter.java:95)
	org.jboss.web.tomcat.filters.ReplyHeaderFilter.doFilter(ReplyHeaderFilter.java:96)

root cause

javax.servlet.ServletException: com.sun.identity.saml2.common.SAML2Exception: The SAMLArt is missing from the HttpRequest.
	org.apache.jasper.runtime.PageContextImpl.doHandlePageException(PageContextImpl.java:852)
	org.apache.jasper.runtime.PageContextImpl.handlePageException(PageContextImpl.java:781)
	org.apache.jsp.saml2.jsp.spAssertionConsumer_jsp._jspService(spAssertionConsumer_jsp.java:360)
	org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:70)
	javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)
	org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:369)
	org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:322)
	org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:249)
	javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)
	org.forgerock.openam.validation.ResponseValidationFilter.doFilter(ResponseValidationFilter.java:44)
	com.sun.identity.setup.AMSetupFilter.doFilter(AMSetupFilter.java:95)
	org.jboss.web.tomcat.filters.ReplyHeaderFilter.doFilter(ReplyHeaderFilter.java:96)

root cause

com.sun.identity.saml2.common.SAML2Exception: The SAMLArt is missing from the HttpRequest.
	com.sun.identity.saml2.profile.SPACSUtils.getResponseFromGet(SPACSUtils.java:278)
	com.sun.identity.saml2.profile.SPACSUtils.getResponse(SPACSUtils.java:174)
	org.apache.jsp.saml2.jsp.spAssertionConsumer_jsp._jspService(spAssertionConsumer_jsp.java:183)
	org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:70)
	javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)
	org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:369)
	org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:322)
	org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:249)
	javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)
	org.forgerock.openam.validation.ResponseValidationFilter.doFilter(ResponseValidationFilter.java:44)
	com.sun.identity.setup.AMSetupFilter.doFilter(AMSetupFilter.java:95)
	org.jboss.web.tomcat.filters.ReplyHeaderFilter.doFilter(ReplyHeaderFilter.java:96)

note The full stack trace of the root cause is available in the JBoss Web/2.1.11.GA logs.

JBoss Web/2.1.11.GA