Also on a similar topic, what about WEB-INF/faces-config.xml and java.sun.com? My application always spends a few seconds grabbing the dtd/schema on start up or longer if the website is down/very slow (until I mapped java.sun.com to 127.0.0.1)! I've searched high and low before - whats the magic dont-validate-anything-please context param? :D This is with MyFaces Cheers - Ben View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4045964#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...