Any input is highly appreciated html
I figured out the way to restrict directory listing for jetty. Hope this helps ppl in same situation.
edit webdefault.xml and set dirAllowed to false
<servlet>
<servlet-name>default</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.Default</servlet-class>
<init-param>
<param-name>dirAllowed</param-name>
<param-value>false</param-value>
</init-param>
</servlet>
Note, if no default descriptor is specified then webdefault.xml usually included in jetty.jar is used, which allows directory listing.
this link proved very useful
http://mortbay.org/jetty/faq?s=250-Configuration&t=140xmlwebdefault
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