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authorColm MacCarthaigh <colm@apache.org>2005-10-29 12:07:01 +0200
committerColm MacCarthaigh <colm@apache.org>2005-10-29 12:07:01 +0200
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Document the mod_cache / mod_authz_host problem.
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<identifier>cache_module</identifier>
<summary>
+ <note type="warning">This module should be used with care and
+ can be used to circumvent <directive
+ module="mod_authz_host">Allow</directive> and <directive
+ module="mod_authz_host">Deny</directive> directives. You
+ should not enable caching for any content to which you wish
+ to limit access by client host name, address or environment
+ variable.</note>
+
<p><module>mod_cache</module> implements an <a
href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt">RFC 2616</a> compliant HTTP
content cache that can be used to cache either local or proxied content.