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cde7900bb5b14f5bd981ad98b0215c85b915bef7rbowen<description>Easily restrict what HTTP methods can be used on the server</description>
cde7900bb5b14f5bd981ad98b0215c85b915bef7rbowen<p>This module makes it easy to restrict what HTTP methods can
0a3142725875ea286597e083547d34d98f8c1f2drbowenused on an server. The most common configuration would be:</p>
0a3142725875ea286597e083547d34d98f8c1f2drbowen<Location /><br />
cde7900bb5b14f5bd981ad98b0215c85b915bef7rbowen AllowMethods GET POST OPTIONS<br />
83f3471f5de14ca3def6d7935cd1af1604874bfdrbowen</Location>
83f3471f5de14ca3def6d7935cd1af1604874bfdrbowen<directivesynopsis>
83f3471f5de14ca3def6d7935cd1af1604874bfdrbowen<description>Restrict access to the listed HTTP methods</description>
83f3471f5de14ca3def6d7935cd1af1604874bfdrbowen<contextlist><context>directory</context></contextlist>
83f3471f5de14ca3def6d7935cd1af1604874bfdrbowen<p>The HTTP-methods are case sensitive, and are generally as per
83f3471f5de14ca3def6d7935cd1af1604874bfdrbowenRFC given in upper case. The GET and HEAD methods are treated as
83f3471f5de14ca3def6d7935cd1af1604874bfdrbowenequivalent. The <code>reset</code> keyword can be used
83f3471f5de14ca3def6d7935cd1af1604874bfdrbowenturn off <module>mod_allowmethods</module> in a deeper nested context:</p>
83f3471f5de14ca3def6d7935cd1af1604874bfdrbowen<Location /svn><br />
cde7900bb5b14f5bd981ad98b0215c85b915bef7rbowen AllowMethods reset<br />
83f3471f5de14ca3def6d7935cd1af1604874bfdrbowen</Location>
83f3471f5de14ca3def6d7935cd1af1604874bfdrbowen <p>The TRACE method can not be denied by this module,
cde7900bb5b14f5bd981ad98b0215c85b915bef7rbowen use <directive module="core">TraceEnable</directive> instead.</p>
0a3142725875ea286597e083547d34d98f8c1f2drbowen<p><module>mod_allowmethods</module> was written to replace the rather
0a3142725875ea286597e083547d34d98f8c1f2drbowenkludgy implementation of <directive module="core">Limit</directive> and
cde7900bb5b14f5bd981ad98b0215c85b915bef7rbowen</directivesynopsis>
cde7900bb5b14f5bd981ad98b0215c85b915bef7rbowen</modulesynopsis>