characters before applying the transformation.
</p>
-<p>Apache has to unescape URLs before mapping them,
+<p><code>mod_rewrite</code> has to unescape URLs before mapping them,
so backreferences will be unescaped at the time they are applied.
Using the B flag, non-alphanumeric characters in backreferences
will be escaped. For example, consider the rule:</p>
</div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
<div class="section">
<h2><a name="flag_f" id="flag_f">F|forbidden</a></h2>
-<p>Using the [F] flag causes Apache to return a 403 Forbidden status
+<p>Using the [F] flag causes the server to return a 403 Forbidden status
code to the client. While the same behavior can be accomplished using
the <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_access.html#deny">Deny</a></code> directive, this
allows more flexibility in assigning a Forbidden status.</p>
</div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
<div class="section">
<h2><a name="flag_g" id="flag_g">G|gone</a></h2>
-<p>The [G] flag forces Apache to return a 410 Gone status with the
+<p>The [G] flag forces the server to return a 410 Gone status with the
response. This indicates that a resource used to be available, but is no
longer available.</p>
<p>
You must make sure that the substitution string is a valid URI
(typically starting with <code>http://</code><em>hostname</em>) which can be
-handled by the Apache proxy module. If not, you will get an
+handled by the <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_proxy.html">mod_proxy</a></code>. If not, you will get an
error from the proxy module. Use this flag to achieve a
more powerful implementation of the <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_proxy.html#proxypass">ProxyPass</a></code> directive,
to map remote content into the namespace of the local server.</p>
characters before applying the transformation.
</p>
-<p>Apache has to unescape URLs before mapping them,
+<p><code>mod_rewrite</code> has to unescape URLs before mapping them,
so backreferences will be unescaped at the time they are applied.
Using the B flag, non-alphanumeric characters in backreferences
will be escaped. For example, consider the rule:</p>
</section>
<section id="flag_f"><title>F|forbidden</title>
-<p>Using the [F] flag causes Apache to return a 403 Forbidden status
+<p>Using the [F] flag causes the server to return a 403 Forbidden status
code to the client. While the same behavior can be accomplished using
the <directive module="mod_access">Deny</directive> directive, this
allows more flexibility in assigning a Forbidden status.</p>
</section>
<section id="flag_g"><title>G|gone</title>
-<p>The [G] flag forces Apache to return a 410 Gone status with the
+<p>The [G] flag forces the server to return a 410 Gone status with the
response. This indicates that a resource used to be available, but is no
longer available.</p>
<p>
You must make sure that the substitution string is a valid URI
(typically starting with <code>http://</code><em>hostname</em>) which can be
-handled by the Apache proxy module. If not, you will get an
+handled by the <module>mod_proxy</module>. If not, you will get an
error from the proxy module. Use this flag to achieve a
more powerful implementation of the <directive
module="mod_proxy">ProxyPass</directive> directive,