diff --git a/managed_vms/helloworld/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml b/managed_vms/helloworld/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
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--- a/managed_vms/helloworld/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
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-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<web-app xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee"
-  xmlns:web="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd"
-  xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd"
-  version="2.5">
-  <!-- turn security on by default -->
-  <security-constraint>
-    <web-resource-collection>
-      <web-resource-name>secured-resource</web-resource-name>
-      <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
-    </web-resource-collection>
-    <auth-constraint>
-      <role-name>*</role-name>
-    </auth-constraint>
-    <user-data-constraint>
-         <transport-guarantee>CONFIDENTIAL</transport-guarantee>
-    </user-data-constraint>
-  </security-constraint>
-</web-app>