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0c4abc32c00611fe1d52c9661f5cc79a3f74c6d4nd <p>This module queries an <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1413.txt"
0c4abc32c00611fe1d52c9661f5cc79a3f74c6d4nd >RFC 1413</a> compatible daemon on a remote host to look up the owner of
f6445f3ad1c82f9398dc8edd77093cd3e20b806cnoirin a connection.</p>
f6445f3ad1c82f9398dc8edd77093cd3e20b806cnoirin<directivesynopsis>
f6445f3ad1c82f9398dc8edd77093cd3e20b806cnoirin<description>Enables logging of the RFC 1413 identity of the remote
f6445f3ad1c82f9398dc8edd77093cd3e20b806cnoirinuser</description>
f6445f3ad1c82f9398dc8edd77093cd3e20b806cnoirin<contextlist><context>server config</context><context>virtual host</context>
f6445f3ad1c82f9398dc8edd77093cd3e20b806cnoirin <p>This directive enables <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1413.txt"
f6445f3ad1c82f9398dc8edd77093cd3e20b806cnoirin >RFC 1413</a>-compliant logging of the remote user name for each
06ba4a61654b3763ad65f52283832ebf058fdf1cslive connection, where the client machine runs identd or something similar.
f0a393c5c2d7de58f447855369ad2fbfa254e544rbowen This information is logged in the access log using the <code>%...l</code>
f0a393c5c2d7de58f447855369ad2fbfa254e544rbowen <a href="mod_log_config.html#formats">format string</a>.</p>
0c4abc32c00611fe1d52c9661f5cc79a3f74c6d4nd The information should not be trusted in any way except for
0c4abc32c00611fe1d52c9661f5cc79a3f74c6d4nd rudimentary usage tracking.
117c1f888a14e73cdd821dc6c23eb0411144a41cnd <p>Note that this can cause serious latency problems accessing
117c1f888a14e73cdd821dc6c23eb0411144a41cnd your server since every request requires one of these lookups
117c1f888a14e73cdd821dc6c23eb0411144a41cnd to be performed. When firewalls or proxy servers are involved,
0c4abc32c00611fe1d52c9661f5cc79a3f74c6d4nd each lookup might possibly fail and add a latency duration as
b41a0dbe6310c576e96b7ea6910051fd84fb06f5sf >IdentityCheckTimeout</directive> directive to each hit. So in
7571ea383299910bead3e93e66246cb212a28d0figalic general this is not very useful on public servers accessible from
b41a0dbe6310c576e96b7ea6910051fd84fb06f5sf the Internet.</p>
b41a0dbe6310c576e96b7ea6910051fd84fb06f5sf</directivesynopsis>
b41a0dbe6310c576e96b7ea6910051fd84fb06f5sf<directivesynopsis>
b41a0dbe6310c576e96b7ea6910051fd84fb06f5sf<description>Determines the timeout duration for ident requests</description>
b41a0dbe6310c576e96b7ea6910051fd84fb06f5sf<contextlist><context>server config</context><context>virtual host</context>
b41a0dbe6310c576e96b7ea6910051fd84fb06f5sf <p>This directive specifies the timeout duration of an ident
b41a0dbe6310c576e96b7ea6910051fd84fb06f5sf request. The default value of 30 seconds is recommended by <a
b41a0dbe6310c576e96b7ea6910051fd84fb06f5sf href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1413.txt">RFC 1413</a>, mainly because
1f0a28764a0520e43ce3a9130e56236fd67cd568igalic of possible network latency. However, you may want to adjust the
b41a0dbe6310c576e96b7ea6910051fd84fb06f5sf timeout value according to your local network speed.</p>
b41a0dbe6310c576e96b7ea6910051fd84fb06f5sf</directivesynopsis>
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