--- WARDirContext.old	2002-07-13 06:04:37.000000000 -0400
+++ WARDirContext.java	2002-07-13 06:30:59.000000000 -0400
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@
         throws NamingException {
         if (name.isEmpty())
             return this;
+        name = handleRelativePaths(name); //removes Dot and DotDot notation
         Entry entry = treeLookup(name);
         if (entry == null)
             throw new NamingException
@@ -772,6 +773,35 @@
 
     }
 
+		/**
+		* Handle Relative file path markers such as .. and .
+		* Assumes that the name will begin "/" and will maintain this
+		*/
+		protected static Name handleRelativePaths(Name BaseName)
+				throws NamingException {
+			boolean hasChanged = true;
+			Name name = BaseName.getSuffix(0); //creating a new name, so as not to modify the old
+			while(hasChanged) {
+				hasChanged = false;
+				for(int i = 0; i < name.size(); i++) {
+					//remove any Dot Dot notation, if it's not the root
+					if( name.get(i).equals("..") && i > 1) {  //will not handle the case "/.." . let current system handle situation
+						name.remove(i);
+						name.remove(i - 1);
+						hasChanged = true;
+						break; //start over
+					}
+
+					//removes any Single Dot notation
+					if( name.get(i).equals(".") ) {
+						name.remove(i);
+						hasChanged = true;
+						break; //start over
+					}
+				}
+			}
+			return name;
+		}
 
     /**
      * Constructs a tree of the entries contained in a WAR file.