diff --git a/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/AllowedResourceAliasChecker.java b/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/AllowedResourceAliasChecker.java
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index 000000000000..b9a15ceda450
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/AllowedResourceAliasChecker.java
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+package org.eclipse.jetty.server;
+
+import org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.util.StringUtil;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.util.log.Log;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.util.log.Logger;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.util.resource.Resource;
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+/**
+ * This will approve an alias to any resource which is not a protected target.
+ */
+public class AllowedResourceAliasChecker implements ContextHandler.AliasCheck
+{
+    private static final Logger LOG = Log.getLogger(AllowedResourceAliasChecker.class);
+    private final ContextHandler _contextHandler;
+
+    public AllowedResourceAliasChecker(ContextHandler contextHandler)
+    {
+        _contextHandler = contextHandler;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean check(String uri, Resource resource)
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            String baseResourcePath = _contextHandler.getBaseResource().getFile().getCanonicalPath();
+            String resourcePath = resource.getFile().getCanonicalPath();
+            if (!resourcePath.startsWith(baseResourcePath))
+                return false;
+
+            for (String s : _contextHandler.getProtectedTargets())
+            {
+                String protectedTarget = new File(_contextHandler.getBaseResource().getFile(), s).getCanonicalPath();
+                if (StringUtil.startsWithIgnoreCase(resourcePath, protectedTarget))
+                {
+                    if (resourcePath.length() == protectedTarget.length())
+                        return false;
+
+                    // Check that the target prefix really is a path segment.
+                    char c = resourcePath.charAt(protectedTarget.length());
+                    if (c == File.separatorChar)
+                        return false;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        catch (Throwable t)
+        {
+            LOG.warn(t);
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/tests/test-integration/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/test/TestClass.java b/tests/test-integration/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/test/TestClass.java
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index 000000000000..784a89319d29
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+++ b/tests/test-integration/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/test/TestClass.java
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+package org.eclipse.jetty.test;
+
+import org.eclipse.jetty.client.HttpClient;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.server.AllowedResourceAliasChecker;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.DefaultServlet;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletContextHandler;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.util.resource.Resource;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URL;
+
+public class TestClass
+{
+    private Server _server;
+    private HttpClient _client;
+
+    @BeforeEach
+    public void before() throws Exception
+    {
+        _server = new Server(8080);
+
+        URL webRootLocation = TestClass.class.getClassLoader().getResource("webroot/index.html");
+        URI webRootUri = URI.create(webRootLocation.toURI().toASCIIString().replaceFirst("/index.html$","/"));
+        System.err.printf("Web Root URI: %s%n",webRootUri);
+
+        ServletContextHandler context = new ServletContextHandler();
+        context.setContextPath("/");
+        context.setBaseResource(Resource.newResource(webRootUri));
+        context.setWelcomeFiles(new String[] { "index.html" });
+        context.setProtectedTargets(new String[]{"/web-inf", "/meta-inf"});
+        context.getMimeTypes().addMimeMapping("txt","text/plain;charset=utf-8");
+
+        context.addAliasCheck(new AllowedResourceAliasChecker(context));
+        _server.setHandler(context);
+        context.addServlet(DefaultServlet.class,"/");
+        _server.start();
+
+        _client = new HttpClient();
+        _client.start();
+    }
+
+
+    @AfterEach
+    public void after() throws Exception
+    {
+        _client.stop();
+        _server.stop();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void test() throws Exception
+    {
+//        ContentResponse response = _client.GET("http://localhost:8080/\\WEB-INF\\web.xml");
+//        System.err.println(response);
+
+        _server.join();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/test-integration/src/test/resources/webroot/WEB-INF/web.xml b/tests/test-integration/src/test/resources/webroot/WEB-INF/web.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..55130579d92e
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+++ b/tests/test-integration/src/test/resources/webroot/WEB-INF/web.xml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+should not be able to access this file.
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diff --git a/tests/test-integration/src/test/resources/webroot/index.html b/tests/test-integration/src/test/resources/webroot/index.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f7dc59cdc6b6
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+++ b/tests/test-integration/src/test/resources/webroot/index.html
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<html>
+<h1>hello world</h1>
+<p>body of index.html</p>
+</html>
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diff --git a/tests/test-integration/src/test/resources/webroot/org/eclipse/jetty/test.txt b/tests/test-integration/src/test/resources/webroot/org/eclipse/jetty/test.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..472c7bb03594
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test-integration/src/test/resources/webroot/org/eclipse/jetty/test.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+this is test .txt file and safe to access
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