Default HostnameLookups to off.

Reviewed by:  Dean, Rasmus, Jim, Randy
Submitted by: Linus Torvalds

git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/branches/1.3@78385 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68

diff --git a/APACHE_1_2_X/conf/httpd.conf-dist b/APACHE_1_2_X/conf/httpd.conf-dist
index 3a783c63c7d810c3bd4d361ecd7fe64641f87781..261afebfeab687171cf9fc3ad4c1c40d12b98ecd 100644 (file)
--- a/APACHE_1_2_X/conf/httpd.conf-dist
+++ b/APACHE_1_2_X/conf/httpd.conf-dist
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ Port 80
 
 # HostnameLookups: Log the names of clients or just their IP numbers
 #   e.g.   www.apache.org (on) or 204.62.129.132 (off)
-HostnameLookups on
+# The default is off because it'd be overall better for the net if people
+# had to knowingly turn this feature on.
+HostnameLookups off
 
 # If you wish httpd to run as a different user or group, you must run
 # httpd as root initially and it will switch.  

diff --git a/APACHE_1_2_X/src/CHANGES b/APACHE_1_2_X/src/CHANGES
index 0caa687fe531ef2d9557513d40e4d7db1cd6a39d..4c0dd0e63789365cb73f52f517246340a38f86bd 100644 (file)
--- a/APACHE_1_2_X/src/CHANGES
+++ b/APACHE_1_2_X/src/CHANGES
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 Changes with Apache 1.2.1
-  
+
+  *) "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]
+
   *) "make clean" at the top level now removes *.o.  [Dean Gaudet] PR#752
-  
+
   *) Don't serve file system objects unless they are plain files, symlinks,
      or directories.  This prevents local users from using pipes or
      named sockets to invoke programs for an extremely crude form of
@@ -25,9 +29,9 @@ Changes with Apache 1.2.1
 
   *) Support for dec cc compiler under ultrix.
      ["P. Alejandro Lopez-Valencia" <alejolo@ideam.gov.co>] PR#388
-  
+
   *) Support for Maxion/OS SVR4.2 Real Time Unix. [no name given] PR#383
-  
+
   *) mod_status dumps core in inetd mode.  [Marc Slemko and Roy Fielding]
      PR#566