# HostnameLookups: Log the names of clients or just their IP numbers
# e.g. www.apache.org (on) or 204.62.129.132 (off)
-# The default is off because it'd be overall better for the net if people
-# had to knowingly turn this feature on.
-HostnameLookups off
+# You should probably turn this off unless you are going to actually
+# use the information in your logs, or with a CGI. Leaving this on
+# can slow down access to your site.
+HostnameLookups on
# If you wish httpd to run as a different user or group, you must run
# httpd as root initially and it will switch.
*) SECURITY: Apache will refuse to run as "User root" unless
BIG_SECURITY_HOLE is defined at compile time. [Dean Gaudet]
- *) CONFIG: "HostnameLookups" now defaults to off because it is far better
- for the net if we require people that actually need this data to
- enable it. [Linus Torvalds]
-
*) CONFIG: If a symlink pointed to a directory then it would be disallowed
if it contained a .htaccess disallowing symlinks. This is contrary
to the rule that symlink permissions are tested with the symlink