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Posted to dev@httpd.apache.org by Rodent of Unusual Size <Ke...@Golux.Com> on 2000/06/01 19:53:41 UTC

Re: Oh look, none of my Web pages work

rowe@excc.ex.ac.uk wrote:
> 
> Things that break existing configuration files are bad and best
> avoided if possible. Things that break web pages are absolutely
> fatal.

And things that compromise security are intolerable.  This falls
into that category.  This is not a 'new option,' it is a fix
to a security loophole.

I'll leave it to others to comment on the advisability of making
the behaviour switchable; I'm of two minds about it.
-- 
#ken    P-)}

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