On Mar 26, 2012, at 7:10 AM, Téssio Fechine wrote: > Hello, > I am learning apache, and the ironic part is that reading the apache > documentation on acl reinforced my doubt in this matter. > > In this part: > In the following example, all hosts in the apache.org domain are allowed > access; all other hosts are denied access. > > Order Deny,Allow > Deny from all > Allow from apache.org > > --- > My interpretation on this example: > > Order Deny,Allow (allow everything, unless specifically denied) > Deny from all (deny everything.. kind of contradictory after the last line) > > Allow from apache.org (allow this specific hosts) > > --- > Why not use this, that has fewer steps and seems more logical?: > > Order Allow,Deny (deny by default) > Allow from apache.org (allow this specific hosts) > > I am getting it wrong or what? Why almost every example I see seems kind of > contradictory?
Which is exactly why in 2.4 this syntax goes away entirely. See http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_authz_core.html#require -- Rich Bowen rbo...@rcbowen.com :: @rbowen rbo...@apache.org
