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add security warning about the new AuthzSendForbiddenOnFailure directive.
authorAndré Malo <nd@apache.org>
Sat, 18 Dec 2010 19:56:54 +0000 (19:56 +0000)
committerAndré Malo <nd@apache.org>
Sat, 18 Dec 2010 19:56:54 +0000 (19:56 +0000)
git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk@1050700 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68

docs/manual/mod/mod_authz_core.xml

index 262240d48679cefb6b3db75e2dabcca8592c0aaf..03a3648ff36a75d7e0f22d2a86d8ee78d6dc5d47 100644 (file)
@@ -603,6 +603,12 @@ authentication succeeds but authorization fails
     again, which is not wanted in all situations.
     <directive>AuthzSendForbiddenOnFailure</directive> allows to change the
     response code to '403 FORBIDDEN'.</p>
+
+    <note type="warning"><title>Security Warning</title>
+    <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>
+    </note>
 </usage>
 </directivesynopsis>