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authorRich Bowen <rbowen@apache.org>2010-03-17 21:26:42 +0100
committerRich Bowen <rbowen@apache.org>2010-03-17 21:26:42 +0100
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Remove mentions of HTTPD. Mea culpa.
git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk@924467 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
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diff --git a/docs/manual/dns-caveats.xml b/docs/manual/dns-caveats.xml
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+++ b/docs/manual/dns-caveats.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
<summary>
<p>This page could be summarized with the statement: don't
configure Apache HTTP Server in such a way that it relies on DNS resolution
- for parsing of the configuration files. If HTTPD requires DNS
+ for parsing of the configuration files. If httpd requires DNS
resolution to parse the configuration files then your server
may be subject to reliability problems (ie. it might not boot),
or denial and theft of service attacks (including users able
@@ -45,16 +45,16 @@
&lt;/VirtualHost&gt;
</example>
- <p>In order for HTTPD to function properly, it absolutely needs
+ <p>In order for the server to function properly, it absolutely needs
to have two pieces of information about each virtual host: the
<directive module="core">ServerName</directive> and at least one
IP address that the server will bind and respond to. The above
- example does not include the IP address, so HTTPD must use DNS
+ example does not include the IP address, so httpd must use DNS
to find the address of <code>www.abc.dom</code>. If for some
reason DNS is not available at the time your server is parsing
its config file, then this virtual host <strong>will not be
configured</strong>. It won't be able to respond to any hits
- to this virtual host (prior to HTTPD version 1.2 the server
+ to this virtual host (prior to httpd version 1.2 the server
would not even boot).</p>
<p>Suppose that <code>www.abc.dom</code> has address 192.0.2.1.
@@ -68,12 +68,12 @@
&lt;/VirtualHost&gt;
</example>
- <p>This time HTTPD needs to use reverse DNS to find the
+ <p>This time httpd needs to use reverse DNS to find the
<code>ServerName</code> for this virtualhost. If that reverse
lookup fails then it will partially disable the virtualhost.
If the virtual host is name-based then it will effectively be
totally disabled, but if it is IP-based then it will mostly
- work. However, if HTTPD should ever have to generate a full
+ work. However, if httpd should ever have to generate a full
URL for the server which includes the server name, then it will
fail to generate a valid URL.</p>
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
<title>Denial of Service</title>
<p>There are (at least) two forms that denial of service
- can come in. If you are running a version of HTTPD prior to
+ can come in. If you are running a version of httpd prior to
version 1.2 then your server will not even boot if one of the
two DNS lookups mentioned above fails for any of your virtual
hosts. In some cases this DNS lookup may not even be under your
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
users typed in URLs of the form
<code>http://www.abc.dom/whatever</code>) will all be served by
the <code>def.dom</code> virtual host. To better understand why
- this happens requires a more in-depth discussion of how HTTPD
+ this happens requires a more in-depth discussion of how httpd
matches up incoming requests with the virtual host that will
serve it. A rough document describing this <a
href="vhosts/details.html">is available</a>.</p>
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
<title>The "main server" Address</title>
<p><a href="vhosts/name-based.html">Name-based
- virtual host support</a> requires HTTPD to know
+ virtual host support</a> requires httpd to know
the IP address(es) of the host that <program>httpd</program>
is running on. To get this address it uses either the global
<directive module="core">ServerName</directive>
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
or maybe <code>/etc/nsswitch.conf</code>.</p>
<p>If your server doesn't have to perform DNS for any other
- reason then you might be able to get away with running HTTPD
+ reason then you might be able to get away with running httpd
with the <code>HOSTRESORDER</code> environment variable set to
"local". This all depends on what OS and resolver libraries you
are using. It also affects CGIs unless you use