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A common question of Apache-Tomcat security

 
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Hi guys,
I'm developing a system what consists of applet, servlet and servers. The aim is that the applet makes an encrypted connection to the servlet what further creates a socket-connection to the selected servers.
The Apache-Tomcat is running on DMZ-area and only the port 80 is opened to out-direction. This should be ok, but the socket-connection requires also that the firewall is opened to in-direction. The question is that how huge security hole we are drilling? The servlet itself is / should be secure, but how about other issues (Tomcat configuration, operating system, etc.)? Used Apache-Tomcat version is 4.0.3 and operating system is Windows 2000 Pro .
If assuming that the web-server itself is secure, should I build up a process "watchdog" what closes the firewall automatically in case of web-server fall-down. Further, is there any available software to do that?
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Jorma
 
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