<p>The <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_alias.html#alias">Alias</a></code> directive
provides mapping from a URI to a directory - usually a directory outside
of your <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#documentroot">DocumentRoot</a></code>. Although it
-is possible to perform this mappint with <code>mod_rewrite</code>,
+is possible to perform this mapping with <code>mod_rewrite</code>,
<code>Alias</code> is the preferred method, for reasons of simplicity
and performance.</p>
with mod_rewrite</a>, it is seldom the right way. Creating individual
<VirtualHost> blocks is almost always the right way to go. In the
event that you have an enormous number of virtual hosts, consider using
-<code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_vhost_alias.html">mod_vhost_alias</a></code> to crate these hosts automatically.</p>
+<code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_vhost_alias.html">mod_vhost_alias</a></code> to create these hosts automatically.</p>
-<p>Third-party modules sucha as <a href="link_needed">mod_macro</a> are
-also useful for creating a large number of virtual hosts dymaically.</p>
+<p>Third-party modules such as <a href="link_needed">mod_macro</a> are
+also useful for creating a large number of virtual hosts dynamically.</p>
<p>Using <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_rewrite.html">mod_rewrite</a></code> for vitualhost creation may be
appropriate if you are using a hosting service that does not provide
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<div class="section">
<h2><a name="proxy" id="proxy">Simple Proxying</a></h2>
-<p>ProxyPass</p>
+
+<p><code>RewriteRule</code> provides the <a href="flags.html#flag_p">[P]</a> flag to pass rewritten URIs through
+<code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_proxy.html">mod_proxy</a></code>. As with any use of <code>mod_rewrite</code>,
+you want to ask yourself whether it's really the best solution.</p>
+
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<div class="section">
<h2><a name="setenv" id="setenv">Environment Variable Testing</a></h2>
<p>The <directive module="mod_alias">Alias</directive> directive
provides mapping from a URI to a directory - usually a directory outside
of your <directive module="core">DocumentRoot</directive>. Although it
-is possible to perform this mappint with <code>mod_rewrite</code>,
+is possible to perform this mapping with <code>mod_rewrite</code>,
<code>Alias</code> is the preferred method, for reasons of simplicity
and performance.</p>
</section>
<section id="proxy"><title>Simple Proxying</title>
-<p>ProxyPass</p>
+
+<p><code>RewriteRule</code> provides the <a
+href="flags.html#flag_p">[P]</a> flag to pass rewritten URIs through
+<module>mod_proxy</module>. As with any use of <code>mod_rewrite</code>,
+you want to ask yourself whether it's really the best solution.</p>
+
</section>
<section id="setenv"><title>Environment Variable Testing</title>
contexts, including CGI programs, other RewriteRule directives, or
CustomLog directives.</p>
-<p>The following example sets an evironment variable called 'image' to a
+<p>The following example sets an environment variable called 'image' to a
value of '1' if the requested URI is an image file. Then, that
environment variable is used to exclude those requests from the access
log.</p>