<p>The <directive>TimeOut</directive> directive defines the length
of time Apache httpd will wait for I/O in various circumstances:</p>
- <ol>
- <li>When reading data from the client, the length of time to
+ <ul>
+ <li><p>When reading data from the client, the length of time to
wait for a TCP packet to arrive if the read buffer is
- empty.</li>
+ empty.</p>
+ <p> For initial data on a new connection, this directive doesn't
+ take effect until after any configured <directive module="core">
+ AcceptFilter</directive> has passed the new connection to the server.</p>
+ </li>
<li>When writing data to the client, the length of time to wait
for an acknowledgement of a packet if the send buffer is
<li>In <module>mod_proxy</module>, the default timeout value if
<directive module="mod_proxy">ProxyTimeout</directive> is not
configured.</li>
- </ol>
+ </ul>
</usage>
</directivesynopsis>