Frankly, the description is likely to still make little sense to
uninitiated because we do not explain what is "Host vs IP validation"
and what the "additional strict validation comparisons" are. There was
an attempt to explain the latter, but I think it failed. Perhaps there
are more typos that hide the intended meaning?
DEFAULT: off
LOC: Config.onoff.hostStrictVerify
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- By default Squid performs Host vs IP this validation on intercept
+ By default Squid performs Host vs IP validation on intercept
and tproxy traffic.
This option enables additional strict validation comparisons on
forward-proxy and reverse-proxy traffic passing through Squid.
- These additional texts involve textual domain comparison of the
- authority form URL found in the request-URL and Host: header. To
+ These additional tests involve textual domain comparison of the
+ authority form URL found in the request-URL and Host: header to
ensure that the client sends a consistent Host header for the
destination server with the URL.
DOC_END