svn commit: r1750750 - /httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/core.xml

[jo...@apache.org]

Author: jorton
Date: Thu Jun 30 07:19:39 2016
New Revision: 1750750

URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1750750&view=rev
Log:
Update language on impact of disabling TRACE, remove reference to compliance.

Reviewed by: wrowe, covener, rpluem

Modified:
    httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/core.xml

Modified: httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/core.xml
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/core.xml?rev=1750750&r1=1750749&r2=1750750&view=diff
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--- httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/core.xml (original)
+++ httpd/httpd/trunk/docs/manual/mod/core.xml Thu Jun 30 07:19:39 2016
@@ -4532,16 +4532,18 @@ certain events before failing a request<
     <p>Finally, for testing and diagnostic purposes only, request
     bodies may be allowed using the non-compliant <code>TraceEnable
     extended</code> directive.  The core (as an origin server) will
-    restrict the request body to 64k (plus 8k for chunk headers if
+    restrict the request body to 64Kb (plus 8Kb for chunk headers if
     <code>Transfer-Encoding: chunked</code> is used).  The core will
     reflect the full headers and all chunk headers with the response
-    body.  As a proxy server, the request body is not restricted to 64k.</p>
+    body.  As a proxy server, the request body is not restricted to 64Kb.</p>
 
     <note><title>Note</title>
-    <p>Despite claims to the contrary, <code>TRACE</code> is not
-    a security vulnerability, and there is no viable reason for
-    it to be disabled. Doing so necessarily makes your server
-    noncompliant.</p>
+
+    <p>Despite claims to the contrary, enabling the <code>TRACE</code>
+    method does not expose any security vulnerability in Apache httpd.
+    The <code>TRACE</code> method is defined by the HTTP/1.1
+    specification and implementations are expected to support it.</p>
+    
     </note>
 </usage>
 </directivesynopsis>