Commit 958a0528 authored by Martin Kraemer's avatar Martin Kraemer
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Correct the description of REMOTE_HOST and REMOTE_IDENT 


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@@ -43,11 +43,16 @@ The server will set the CGI environment variables as described in the 
following provisions:

<DL>

<DT>REMOTE_HOST

<DD>This will only be set if the server has not been compiled with

<CODE>MINIMAL_DNS</CODE>.

<DD>This will only be set if <A HREF="core.html#hostnamelookups"><CODE>HostnameLookups</CODE></A>

is set to <CODE>on</CODE> (it is off by default), and if a reverse DNS

lookup of the accessing host's address indeed finds a host name.

<DT>REMOTE_IDENT

<DD>This will only be set if

<A HREF="core.html#identitycheck">IdentityCheck</A> is set to <CODE>on</CODE>.

<A HREF="core.html#identitycheck">IdentityCheck</A> is set to <CODE>on</CODE>

and the accessing host supports the ident protocol. Note that the contents

of this variable cannot be relied upon because it can easily be faked, and if

there is a proxy between the client and the server, it is usually

totally useless.

<DT>REMOTE_USER

<DD>This will only be set if the CGI script is subject to authentication.

</DL>