From 3f90ee2e05a08b490013825a7d792009cbfa692c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Gruno
Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 17:50:39 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Adding some additional security considerations. Thanks to
Daniel Shahaf for these pointers.
git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk@1343877 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
---
docs/manual/mod/mod_log_forensic.xml | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/docs/manual/mod/mod_log_forensic.xml b/docs/manual/mod/mod_log_forensic.xml
index ab9ac6d69a6..5a31fb5c695 100644
--- a/docs/manual/mod/mod_log_forensic.xml
+++ b/docs/manual/mod/mod_log_forensic.xml
@@ -93,6 +93,10 @@ version 2.1
document for details on why your security could be compromised
if the directory where logfiles are stored is writable by
anyone other than the user that starts the server.
+ The log files may contain sensitive data such as the contents of
+ Authorization: headers (which can contain passwords), so
+ they should not be readable by anyone except the user that starts the
+ server.
--
2.47.3