diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 414c7d3..76d2394 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -309,10 +309,15 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>mysql</groupId>
             <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-            <version>5.1.6</version>
+            <version>5.1.35</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
 
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>net.sf.ehcache</groupId>
+            <artifactId>ehcache-web</artifactId>
+            <version>2.0.4</version>
+        </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>log4j</groupId>
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
index c70e61b..c878032 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
+++ b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
@@ -31,6 +31,42 @@
         <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
     </filter-mapping>
 
+    <!--GzipFilter -->
+    <filter>
+        <filter-name>gzipFilter</filter-name>
+        <filter-class>
+            net.sf.ehcache.constructs.web.filter.GzipFilter
+        </filter-class>
+    </filter>
+    <filter-mapping>
+        <filter-name>gzipFilter</filter-name>
+        <url-pattern>*.css</url-pattern>
+    </filter-mapping>
+    <filter-mapping>
+        <filter-name>gzipFilter</filter-name>
+        <url-pattern>*.png</url-pattern>
+    </filter-mapping>
+    <filter-mapping>
+        <filter-name>gzipFilter</filter-name>
+        <url-pattern>*.gif</url-pattern>
+    </filter-mapping>
+    <filter-mapping>
+        <filter-name>gzipFilter</filter-name>
+        <url-pattern>*.jpeg</url-pattern>
+    </filter-mapping>
+    <filter-mapping>
+        <filter-name>gzipFilter</filter-name>
+        <url-pattern>*.html</url-pattern>
+    </filter-mapping>
+    <filter-mapping>
+        <filter-name>gzipFilter</filter-name>
+        <url-pattern>*.jpg</url-pattern>
+    </filter-mapping>
+    <filter-mapping>
+        <filter-name>gzipFilter</filter-name>
+        <url-pattern>*.js</url-pattern>
+    </filter-mapping>
+
 
     <filter>
         <filter-name>springSecurityFilterChain</filter-name>