From: Cliff Woolley
Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2002 20:11:32 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Extra extra warnings.
X-Git-Tag: 2.0.40~18
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=10088ce4933d133eff46e9a3ecbc0700de9c3200;p=apache
Extra extra warnings.
Submitted by: Zeno
git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk@96311 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
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diff --git a/docs/manual/mod/mod_info.xml b/docs/manual/mod/mod_info.xml
index 0f5f6475c6..16e2f7e86c 100644
--- a/docs/manual/mod/mod_info.xml
+++ b/docs/manual/mod/mod_info.xml
@@ -48,6 +48,14 @@ SetHandler server-info
files, including per-directory files (e.g.,
.htaccess
). This may have security-related
ramifications for your site.
+
+ In particular, this module can leak sensitive information
+ from the configuration directives of other Apache modules such as
+ system paths, usernames/passwords, database names, etc. Due to
+ the way this module works there is no way to block information
+ from it. Therefore, this module should ONLY be used in a controlled
+ environment and always with caution.
+