JSP download - application/octet-stream

Question

I have a page in JSP that list some file that could be downloaded by a user. Thoses files are not on the local server, they are on a remote file server.

When the use

Answer 1

If forced to use jsp (and not a servlet), you may take a look at this how-to

It uses the ServletOutputStream, which is more appropriate for binary content, rather than a JspWriter.

Also note the settings for trimming the whitespaces.