From: Eric Covener When a proxy is configured to forward requests to a remote SSL
server, this directive can be used to configure certificate
-verification of the remote server. Notice that this directive can be
-used both in per-server and per-directory context. In per-server
-context it applies to the remote server authentication process used in
-the standard SSL handshake when a connection is established by the
-proxy. In per-directory context it forces a SSL renegotation with the
-reconfigured remote server verification level after the HTTP request
-was read but before the HTTP response is sent.Description: Type of remote server Certificate verification Syntax: SSLProxyVerify level
-Default: SSLProxyVerify none
-Context: server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess
+Override: AuthConfig Context: server config, virtual host Status: Extension Module: mod_ssl
Note that even when certificate verification is enabled, @@ -1350,19 +1343,14 @@ SSLProxyVerify require Certificate verification
SSLProxyVerifyDepth number
SSLProxyVerifyDepth 1
This directive sets how deeply mod_ssl should verify before deciding that the -remote server does not have a valid certificate. Notice that this directive can be -used both in per-server and per-directory context. In per-server context it -applies to the client authentication process used in the standard SSL -handshake when a connection is established. In per-directory context it forces -a SSL renegotation with the reconfigured remote server verification depth after the -HTTP request was read but before the HTTP response is sent.
+remote server does not have a valid certificate.
The depth actually is the maximum number of intermediate certificate issuers,
i.e. the number of CA certificates which are max allowed to be followed while
diff --git a/docs/manual/mod/mod_ssl.xml b/docs/manual/mod/mod_ssl.xml
index 2862637ee31..a43e5aefd2b 100644
--- a/docs/manual/mod/mod_ssl.xml
+++ b/docs/manual/mod/mod_ssl.xml
@@ -1467,22 +1467,12 @@ SSLProxyMachineCertificateFile /usr/local/apache2/conf/ssl.crt/proxy.pem
When a proxy is configured to forward requests to a remote SSL
server, this directive can be used to configure certificate
-verification of the remote server. Notice that this directive can be
-used both in per-server and per-directory context. In per-server
-context it applies to the remote server authentication process used in
-the standard SSL handshake when a connection is established by the
-proxy. In per-directory context it forces a SSL renegotation with the
-reconfigured remote server verification level after the HTTP request
-was read but before the HTTP response is sent.
Note that even when certificate verification is enabled,
@@ -1532,20 +1522,13 @@ Certificate verification
This directive sets how deeply mod_ssl should verify before deciding that the
-remote server does not have a valid certificate. Notice that this directive can be
-used both in per-server and per-directory context. In per-server context it
-applies to the client authentication process used in the standard SSL
-handshake when a connection is established. In per-directory context it forces
-a SSL renegotation with the reconfigured remote server verification depth after the
-HTTP request was read but before the HTTP response is sent.
The depth actually is the maximum number of intermediate certificate issuers, i.e. the number of CA certificates which are max allowed to be followed while