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Posted to cvs@httpd.apache.org by nd...@apache.org on 2010/12/18 21:01:40 UTC
svn commit: r1050701 -
/httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/mod_authz_core.html.en
Author: nd
Date: Sat Dec 18 20:01:39 2010
New Revision: 1050701
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1050701&view=rev
Log:
update transformation
Modified:
httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/mod_authz_core.html.en
Modified: httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/mod_authz_core.html.en
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/mod_authz_core.html.en?rev=1050701&r1=1050700&r2=1050701&view=diff
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--- httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/mod_authz_core.html.en (original)
+++ httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/mod_authz_core.html.en Sat Dec 18 20:01:39 2010
@@ -378,6 +378,12 @@ authentication succeeds but authorizatio
<code class="directive">AuthzSendForbiddenOnFailure</code> allows to change the
response code to '403 FORBIDDEN'.</p>
+ <div class="warning"><h3>Security Warning</h3>
+ <p>Modifying the response in case of missing authorization weakens the
+ security of the password, because it reveals to a possible attacker, that
+ his guessed password was right.</p>
+ </div>
+
</div>
<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="Require" id="Require">Require</a> <a name="require" id="require">Directive</a></h2>