From 12ef4855bd91c7ee3b3b898a6fd86efaf21f0f4b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?utf8?q?Andr=C3=A9=20Malo?= Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2010 19:56:54 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] add security warning about the new AuthzSendForbiddenOnFailure directive. git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk@1050700 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68 --- docs/manual/mod/mod_authz_core.xml | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/manual/mod/mod_authz_core.xml b/docs/manual/mod/mod_authz_core.xml index 262240d4867..03a3648ff36 100644 --- a/docs/manual/mod/mod_authz_core.xml +++ b/docs/manual/mod/mod_authz_core.xml @@ -603,6 +603,12 @@ authentication succeeds but authorization fails again, which is not wanted in all situations. AuthzSendForbiddenOnFailure allows to change the response code to '403 FORBIDDEN'.

+ + Security Warning +

Modifying the response in case of missing authorization weakens the + security of the password, because it reveals to a possible attacker, that + his guessed password was right.

+
-- 2.47.3