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3 Reasons not to use Apache mod rewrite

After reading this discussion on Slashdot regarding an anti-virus agent pretending to be Internet Explorer and flooding sites with requests I waited to see a response come from an Apache fan on using...
Published Jul 07, 2008
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@Harold

 

Awesome suggestion. Would you care to share the appropriate config? That would be most helpful.

 

 

@dfguy

 

As Eowyn told the Witch King, "I am no man." But thanks for sharing your opinion.

 

 

Lori

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