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23 <modulesynopsis metafile="mod_ident.xml.meta">
25 <name>mod_ident</name>
26 <description>RFC 1413 ident lookups</description>
27 <status>Extension</status>
28 <sourcefile>mod_ident.c</sourcefile>
29 <identifier>ident_module</identifier>
30 <compatibility>Available in Apache 2.1 and later</compatibility>
33 <p>This module queries an <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1413.txt"
34 >RFC 1413</a> compatible daemon on a remote host to look up the owner of
37 <seealso><module>mod_log_config</module></seealso>
40 <name>IdentityCheck</name>
41 <description>Enables logging of the RFC 1413 identity of the remote
43 <syntax>IdentityCheck On|Off</syntax>
44 <default>IdentityCheck Off</default>
45 <contextlist><context>server config</context><context>virtual host</context>
46 <context>directory</context></contextlist>
47 <compatibility>Moved out of core in Apache 2.1</compatibility>
50 <p>This directive enables <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1413.txt"
51 >RFC 1413</a>-compliant logging of the remote user name for each
52 connection, where the client machine runs identd or something similar.
53 This information is logged in the access log using the <code>%...l</code>
54 <a href="mod_log_config.html#formats">format string</a>.</p>
57 The information should not be trusted in any way except for
58 rudimentary usage tracking.
61 <p>Note that this can cause serious latency problems accessing
62 your server since every request requires one of these lookups
63 to be performed. When firewalls or proxy servers are involved,
64 each lookup might possibly fail and add a latency duration as
65 defined by the <directive module="mod_ident"
66 >IdentityCheckTimeout</directive> directive to each hit. So in
67 general this is not very useful on public servers accessible from
73 <name>IdentityCheckTimeout</name>
74 <description>Determines the timeout duration for ident requests</description>
75 <syntax>IdentityCheckTimeout <var>seconds</var></syntax>
76 <default>IdentityCheckTimeout 30</default>
77 <contextlist><context>server config</context><context>virtual host</context>
78 <context>directory</context></contextlist>
80 <p>This directive specifies the timeout duration of an ident
81 request. The default value of 30 seconds is recommended by <a
82 href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1413.txt">RFC 1413</a>, mainly because
83 of possible network latency. However, you may want to adjust the
84 timeout value according to your local network speed.</p>