Add mime type in tomcat to prevent IE from opening binary files instead of downloading

Posted by Drunken Programmer | Posted in , | Posted on 11:54 PM
Not sure why tomcat doesn't have .iso and .msi mime types in web.xml. And smart Microsoft IE doesn't do a great job in file download without proper http header, it actually opens .msi and .iso and display it. In order to help IE download the binaries probably.(Note that, it works fine on Firefox and Safari). You have to explicitly add the mime type in your tomcat. To do this, simply add 



    iso
    application/octet-stream


in the $CATALINA_HOME/conf/web.xml (or your webapp's web.xml)

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