Rickroll Security Spring Boot Starter

This starter will reroute configured paths and/or file extensions to a video of Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up.

Example Use Case

Noob hackers often try to access secure pages. The Spring Actuator endpoints are an example where a hacker could do some serious damage. You could put a password on it and you definatly should...but then they don't learn anything. So what you can do is move the actual actuator paths and replace them with Rick Astley! That'll make them think twice!

management.endpoints.web.base-path=/manage
rickroll.paths=/actuator

Some might even try to reach common PHP pages, such as "/wp-admin/install.php". If you serve no PHP, you can even redirect all requests for PHP pages (or another extension of your choice) to Rick!

rickroll.file-extensions=php

Configuration

Add the following dependency to your POM.

<dependency>
    <groupId>be.tomcools</groupId>
    <artifactId>rickroll-security-spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
    <version>1.1.0</version>
</dependency>

Paths you want to redirect can be configured in your Spring Application Properties:

rickroll.paths=/admin,/tomcools
rickroll.file-extensions=php

FAQ

If I have a RestController mapped to /admin and I also add /admin in the rickroll.paths. What will happen?

Why don't you try that for yourself? #evillaugh

The implementation is based on a Filter.class. So anything that happens after the filter will be replaced by some nice music. In case of a RestController, since this comes after the Filter...you will be rickroll'd.

Why did you hardcode the Rickroll URL?

Let's face it. That video will only be removed from the internet in case of an apocalyptic event. In which case, this project won't matter much either.

More serious note: If the request comes to redirect to other URLs, I'll consider making it configurable.

Special Thanks

• Liam Hammet for the original Tweet that started all this madness.
• Andy Wilkinson to suggest the idea of adding it to Spring.
• My amazing wife for putting up with me and all my sillyness. <3
• Rick Astley for never giving me up, nor letting me down.