AskApache » Search Results » elite http://www.askapache.com Advanced Web Development Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:29:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 PirateBay and Anonymous SOPA Press Releases http://www.askapache.com/hacking/piratebay-sopa.html http://www.askapache.com/hacking/piratebay-sopa.html#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:12:58 +0000 AskApache http://www.askapache.com/?p=6991 SOPA: Anonymous Lists Their Demands

A rallying cry on the occassion of the Web's first mass blackout

As we watch the web go dark today in protest against the SOPA/PIPA censorship bills, let's take a moment and reflect on why this fight is so important. We may have learned that free speech is what makes America great, or instinctively resist attempts at silencing our voices. But these are abstract principles, divorced from the real world and our daily lives.

Free speech is the foundation of a free society. We can have the vote all we want. We can donate money wherever we want. But unless we're able to talk to each other and figure out collectively _what_ we want, those things don't matter.

We believe a healthy society doesn't allow its artists, musicians and other creators to starve. The copyright industry has been justly criticized for abusing the political process in a desperate attempt to maintain its role as a cultural gatekeeper, a business model made obsolete by a digital age of free copies. But the RIAA, MPAA & IFPI deserve our opprobrium for making enormous profits while often leaving the very artists it claims to represent *poorer* than they would be as independents.[1] While the public may have greater access to the few artists deemed sufficiently marketable to gain mass media promotion, fewer and fewer of us are making art and music in our own lives.

We call upon all freedom loving Internauts to join us. We further call upon our legislators, bureaucrats and the media & telecommunications industries to immediately begin implementing our demands. The future of free speech is bright, and clear - either stand with us or get out of the way.

PirateBay Press Release regarding SOPA...

So, the whole basis of this industry, that today is screaming about losing control over immaterial rights, is that they circumvented immaterial rights. They copied (or put in their terminology: "stole") other peoples creative works, without paying for it. They did it in order to make a huge profit. Today, they're all successful and most of the studios are on the Fortune 500 list of the richest companies in the world. Congratulations - it's all based on being able to re-use other peoples creative works. And today they hold the rights to what other people create. If you want to get something released, you have to abide to their rules. The ones they created after circumventing other peoples rules.

The reason they are always complainting about "pirates" today is simple. We've done what they did. We circumvented the rules they created and created our own. We crushed their monopoly by giving people something more efficient. We allow people to have direct communication between eachother, circumventing the profitable middle man, that in some cases take over 107% of the profits (yes, you pay to work for them). It's all based on the fact that we're competition. We've proven that their existance in their current form is no longer needed. We're just better than they are.

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PirateBay SOPA Press Release

INTERNETS, 18th of January 2012.

PRESS RELEASE, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Over a century ago Thomas Edison got the patent for a device which would "do for the eye what the phonograph does for the ear". He called it the Kinetoscope. He was not only amongst the first to record video, he was also the first person to own the copyright to a motion picture.

Because of Edisons patents for the motion pictures it was close to financially impossible to create motion pictures in the North american east coast. The movie studios therefor relocated to California, and founded what we today call Hollywood. The reason was mostly because there was no patent. There was also no copyright to speak of, so the studios could copy old stories and make movies out of them - like Fantasia, one of Disneys biggest hits ever.

So, the whole basis of this industry, that today is screaming about losing control over immaterial rights, is that they circumvented immaterial rights. They copied (or put in their terminology: "stole") other peoples creative works, without paying for it. They did it in order to make a huge profit. Today, they're all successful and most of the studios are on the Fortune 500 list of the richest companies in the world. Congratulations - it's all based on being able to re-use other peoples creative works. And today they hold the rights to what other people create. If you want to get something released, you have to abide to their rules. The ones they created after circumventing other peoples rules.

The reason they are always complainting about "pirates" today is simple. We've done what they did. We circumvented the rules they created and created our own. We crushed their monopoly by giving people something more efficient. We allow people to have direct communication between eachother, circumventing the profitable middle man, that in some cases take over 107% of the profits (yes, you pay to work for them). It's all based on the fact that we're competition. We've proven that their existance in their current form is no longer needed. We're just better than they are.

And the funny part is that our rules are very similar to the founding ideas of the USA. We fight for freedom of speech. We see all people as equal. We believe that the public, not the elite, should rule the nation. We believe that laws should be created to serve the public, not the rich corporations.

The Pirate Bay is truly an international community. The team is spread all over the globe - but we've stayed out of the USA. We have Swedish roots and a swedish friend said this: The word SOPA means "trash" in Swedish. The word PIPA means "a pipe" in Swedish. This is of course not a coincidence. They want to make the internet inte a one way pipe, with them at the top, shoving trash through the pipe down to the rest of us obedient consumers. The public opinion on this matter is clear. Ask anyone on the street and you'll learn that noone wants to be fed with trash. Why the US government want the american people to be fed with trash is beyond our imagination but we hope that you will stop them, before we all drown.

SOPA can't do anything to stop TPB. Worst case we'll change top level domain from our current .org to one of the hundreds of other names that we already also use. In countries where TPB is blocked, China and Saudi Arabia springs to mind, they block hundreds of our domain names. And did it work? Not really. To fix the "problem of piracy" one should go to the source of the problem. The entertainment industry say they're creating "culture" but what they really do is stuff like selling overpriced plushy dolls and making 11 year old girls become anorexic. Either from working in the factories that creates the dolls for basically no salary or by watching movies and tv shows that make them think that they're fat.

In the great Sid Meiers computer game Civilization you can build Wonders of the world. One of the most powerful ones is Hollywood. With that you control all culture and media in the world. Rupert Murdoch was happy with MySpace and had no problems with their own piracy until it failed. Now he's complainting that Google is the biggest source of piracy in the world - because he's jealous. He wants to retain his mind control over people and clearly you'd get a more honest view of things on Wikipedia and Google than on Fox News.

Some facts (years, dates) are probably wrong in this press release. The reason is that we can't access this information when Wikipedia is blacked out. Because of pressure from our failing competitors. We're sorry for that.

THE PIRATE BAY, (K)2012

Anonymous Hackers SOPA Statement

Bright, and Clear: The Future of Free Speech

A rallying cry on the occassion of the Web's first mass blackout

As we watch the web go dark today in protest against the SOPA/PIPA censorship bills, let's take a moment and reflect on why this fight is so important. We may have learned that free speech is what makes America great, or instinctively resist attempts at silencing our voices. But these are abstract principles, divorced from the real world and our daily lives.

Free speech is the foundation of a free society. We can have the vote all we want. We can donate money wherever we want. But unless we're able to talk to each other and figure out collectively _what_ we want, those things don't matter.

We believe a healthy society doesn't allow its artists, musicians and other creators to starve. The copyright industry has been justly criticized for abusing the political process in a desperate attempt to maintain its role as a cultural gatekeeper, a business model made obsolete by a digital age of free copies. But the RIAA, MPAA & IFPI deserve our opprobrium for making enormous profits while often leaving the very artists it claims to represent *poorer* than they would be as independents.[1] While the public may have greater access to the few artists deemed sufficiently marketable to gain mass media promotion, fewer and fewer of us are making art and music in our own lives.

It's time we make a stand for a better world - not merely take rearguard actions to preserve a status quo that is _already_ failing us. Accordingly, we present the following list of demands:

  • We call on national legislatures to not only reject ACTA efforts to globalize the American intellectual property regime, but to abolish the WIPO.
  • We demand the elimination of the DMCA's registration requirement for qualification under the "safe harbor" provision. It's absurd that a website owner needs to mail in a form and pay a $100+ fee to the government to register a contact for copyright violations. A web page at a standard location (a la robots.txt) should suffice.
  • We expect courts to apply penalties just as severe to rightsholders who issue abusive takedown notices as those applied to copyright violators.
  • No more Jammie Thomases. Any penalties for copyright infringement must be sane and reasonable and not based unsubstantiated, outlandish claims of harm.
  • The Department of Justice must begin an anti-trust investigation into the copyright industry, with a specific focus on collusion between rightsholders and ISPs in monitoring Internet users, and payola and cross ownership with mass media.
  • We demand an end to sales of radio frequencies into private hands. We hold that spectrum is a form of speech - it rightly belongs to the people and is not the government's to auction off to begin with.
  • We demand that ISPs stop interfering with file sharing via BitTorrent or any other protocol.
  • We recognize a right of total ownership, not merely licensing, of products we have purchased and a right to tinker and modify them as we see fit. The Library of Congress should not be determining the acceptable boundaries of technology.
  • We reject the principle of contributory infringement entirely. While there may be bad uses, there is no bad code.
  • We expect legislators and judges to make efforts to educate themselves about the technologies they oversee, and to call on and respect the opinions of technical experts when necessary. The Internet makes nerds of us all.
  • All research receiving any public funding, directly or indirectly, must be placed in the public domain upon publication.
  • For the sake of innovation and competitiveness, the US Patent & Trade Office must immediately cease issuing software and business method patents, and declare all such existing patents null and void. We unequivocally reject any patents on mathematical formulas and genes or other naturally-occurring substances (human or otherwise).
  • Copyright and patent terms must be reduced to reasonable lengths (two and five years from the time of creation, respectively). Works should only be eligible for the length of protection in the effect when created - the continuing extension of terms to protect Disney's ownership of Mickey Mouse must cease.
  • We recognize a broad right of "fair use" as essential to a vibrant and creative culture. We will remix, sample, mash up, translate, perform, parody and otherwise create derivative works as we see fit.
  • Courts must accord bloggers the same rights as mainstream reporters. The right to a free press originally meant a literal, physical printing press - not membership in some government sanctioned elite. Blogs are the modern day digital equivalent.

We call upon all freedom loving Internauts to join us. We further call upon our legislators, bureaucrats and the media & telecommunications industries to immediately begin implementing our demands. The future of free speech is bright, and clear - either stand with us or get out of the way. [1]

KeepTheWebOpen - Fight Back!

The KeepTheWebOpen site shows how the world may fundamentally be changed for the better... soon.. maybe...

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]]> http://www.askapache.com/hacking/piratebay-sopa.html/feed 2 Actual Htaccess Files from My Server http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/real-world-htaccess-files.html http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/real-world-htaccess-files.html#comments Sat, 17 Apr 2010 15:06:22 +0000 AskApache http://www.askapache.com/?p=4357 #### No https except to wp-admin - # If the request is empty ( implies fopen or normal file access by a php script ) RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^$ [OR]   # OR if the request if for wp-admin or wp-login.php RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/(wp-admin|wp-login\.php).*$ [NC,OR]   # OR if the Referer is https RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https://www.askapache.com/.*$ [NC]   # THEN skip the following rule, basically all this does is force https or badhost to be redirected # BUT because of the above 3 rewritecond's, this won't break poorly written admin scripts RewriteRule .* - [S=1]   RewriteCond %{HTTPS} =on [OR] RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.askapache\.com$ [NC] RewriteRule .* http://www.askapache.com%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]   RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /(wp-admin/.*|wp-login\.php.*)\ HTTP/ [NC] RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on RewriteRule .* https://%{SERVER_NAME}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]]]> AskApache.com

I was going through some backups from years ago, and ran:

locate .htaccess | xargs -I'{}' cat '{}' >> master-htaccesser.txt

My site is named after reading source code because that is what helps me the most when I'm trying to learn something unusually difficult. Just like functions and aliases, it is very helpful to have cheatsheets for common commands.. not much is better than real-world examples. Unfortunately because this was compiled from hundreds of htaccess files on multiple hosts and platforms, and due to the concatenation, it's not organized.

Normally I would not publish something like this, who knows how much unreleased tricks I forgot about.. but in order to say thanks to all those working for open-source, the FSF, and to all those who don't steal content, and to all the incredible authors who shared with me (I twitter most of what I find, and follow my favs), here ya go..

ATTN: Please let me know if this is total junk or not, this is around 1/500th of my master-htaccesser.txt file.. and I'd be happy to post more if it helps..

Checking for Cookie

Used this to stop mp3-scrapers.. checks for a cookie ending in MP3P=02357

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RewriteRule .* - [F,L]

Setting Environment Var if Proxied

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RewriteRule "\.(gif|png|jpg)$" "-" [ENV=proxied_image:1]
RewriteCond "%{ENV:proxied_image}" "!1"
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nokeepalive for ErrorDocs and Abusers

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Header set Expires "Thu, 15 Apr 2010 20:00:00 GMT"
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SetOutputFilter DEFLATE
Header set Cache-Control "public"
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</filesMatch>
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# 1 YEAR
<filesMatch "\.(js|css)$">
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</filesMatch>

Unreleased Tests for AskApache Password Protection

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Deny from All
Satisfy Any
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AuthDigestFile /home/.greer/askapache/sites/askapache.com/.htpasswda3
Require valid-user
<filesMatch "\.(ico|pdf|flv|jpg|jpeg|mp3|mpg|mp4|mov|wav|wmv|png|gif|swf|css|js)$">
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<filesMatch "(async-upload|admin-ajax)\.php$">
<ifModule mod_security.c>
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# -SID 21030002
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ErrorDocument 401 /wp-content/askapache/test.gif
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Deny from All
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</files>
<files basic_auth_test.gif>
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Require valid-user
</files>
<files authdigestfile_test.gif>
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# -SID Test
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# -ASKAPACHE PASSPRO 4.6.6

Warming up to the really advanced tests

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AuthType Digest
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RequestHeader set INFO_HTTP_USER_AGENT "%{INFO_HTTP_USER_AGENT}e"
RequestHeader set INFO_IS_SUBREQ "%{INFO_IS_SUBREQ}e"
RequestHeader set INFO_ORIG_PATH_INFO "%{INFO_ORIG_PATH_INFO}e"
RequestHeader set INFO_ORIG_PATH_TRANSLATED "%{INFO_ORIG_PATH_TRANSLATED}e"
RequestHeader set INFO_ORIG_SCRIPT_FILENAME "%{INFO_ORIG_SCRIPT_FILENAME}e"
RequestHeader set INFO_ORIG_SCRIPT_NAME "%{INFO_ORIG_SCRIPT_NAME}e"
RequestHeader set INFO_PATH "%{INFO_PATH}e"
RequestHeader set INFO_PATH_INFO "%{INFO_PATH_INFO}e"
RequestHeader set INFO_QUERY_STRING "%{INFO_QUERY_STRING}e"
RequestHeader set INFO_REDIRECT_QUERY_STRING "%{INFO_REDIRECT_QUERY_STRING}e"
RequestHeader set INFO_REDIRECT_REMOTE_USER "%{INFO_REDIRECT_REMOTE_USER}e"
RequestHeader set INFO_REDIRECT_STATUS "%{INFO_REDIRECT_STATUS}e"
RequestHeader set INFO_REDIRECT_URL "%{INFO_REDIRECT_URL}e"
RequestHeader set INFO_REMOTE_ADDR "%{INFO_REMOTE_ADDR}e"
RequestHeader set INFO_REMOTE_HOST "%{INFO_REMOTE_HOST}e"
RequestHeader set INFO_REMOTE_IDENT "%{INFO_REMOTE_IDENT}e"
RequestHeader set INFO_REMOTE_PORT "%{INFO_REMOTE_PORT}e"
RequestHeader set INFO_REMOTE_USER "%{INFO_REMOTE_USER}e"
RequestHeader set INFO_REQUEST_FILENAME "%{INFO_REQUEST_FILENAME}e"
RequestHeader set INFO_REQUEST_METHOD "%{INFO_REQUEST_METHOD}e"
RequestHeader set INFO_REQUEST_URI "%{INFO_REQUEST_URI}e"
RequestHeader set INFO_REQUEST_URI "%{INFO_REQUEST_URI}e"
RequestHeader set INFO_SCRIPT_FILENAME "%{INFO_SCRIPT_FILENAME}e"
RequestHeader set INFO_SCRIPT_GROUP "%{INFO_SCRIPT_GROUP}e"
RequestHeader set INFO_SCRIPT_NAME "%{INFO_SCRIPT_NAME}e"
RequestHeader set INFO_SCRIPT_URI "%{INFO_SCRIPT_URI}e"
RequestHeader set INFO_SCRIPT_URL "%{INFO_SCRIPT_URL}e"
RequestHeader set INFO_SCRIPT_USER "%{INFO_SCRIPT_USER}e"
RequestHeader set INFO_SERVER_ADDR "%{INFO_SERVER_ADDR}e"
RequestHeader set INFO_SERVER_ADMIN "%{INFO_SERVER_ADMIN}e"
RequestHeader set INFO_SERVER_NAME "%{INFO_SERVER_NAME}e"
RequestHeader set INFO_SERVER_PORT "%{INFO_SERVER_PORT}e"
RequestHeader set INFO_SERVER_PROTOCOL "%{INFO_SERVER_PROTOCOL}e"
RequestHeader set INFO_SERVER_SIGNATURE "%{INFO_SERVER_SIGNATURE}e"
RequestHeader set INFO_SERVER_SOFTWARE "%{INFO_SERVER_SOFTWARE}e"
RequestHeader set INFO_THE_REQUEST "%{INFO_THE_REQUEST}e"
RequestHeader set INFO_TIME "%{INFO_TIME}e"
RequestHeader set INFO_TIME_DAY "%{INFO_TIME_DAY}e"
RequestHeader set INFO_TIME_HOUR "%{INFO_TIME_HOUR}e"
RequestHeader set INFO_TIME_MIN "%{INFO_TIME_MIN}e"
RequestHeader set INFO_TIME_MON "%{INFO_TIME_MON}e"
RequestHeader set INFO_TIME_SEC "%{INFO_TIME_SEC}e"
RequestHeader set INFO_TIME_WDAY "%{INFO_TIME_WDAY}e"
RequestHeader set INFO_TIME_YEAR "%{INFO_TIME_YEAR}e"
RequestHeader set INFO_TZ "%{INFO_TZ}e"
RequestHeader set INFO_UNIQUE_ID "%{INFO_UNIQUE_ID}e"
 
Options +FollowSymLinks +ExecCGI
DirectoryIndex /cgi-bin/rewrite-test/index.php
 
Header echo ^.*
 
AuthType Digest
AuthName "AskApache Pro"
AuthDigestFile /home/askapache/sites/askapache.com/.htpasswd-pro
AuthDigestDomain / http://www.askapache.com/cgi-bin/rewrite-test/ https://www.askapache.com/cgi-bin/rewrite-test/
Require user askapache
 
SetEnv MODSEC_ENABLE=On
 
SetEnvIfNoCase ^WWW-Auth "(.+)" HTTP_WWW_AUTHORIZATION=$1
SetEnvIfNoCase ^If "(.+)" HTTP_IF_MODIFIED_SINCE=$1
SetEnvIfNoCase ^If-None-Match$ "(.+)" HTTP_IF_NONE_MATCH=$1
SetEnvIfNoCase ^Cache-Control$ "(.+)" HTTP_CACHE_CONTROL=$1
SetEnvIfNoCase ^Connection$ "(.+)" HTTP_CONNECTION=$1
SetEnvIfNoCase ^Keep-Alive$ "(.+)" HTTP_KEEP_ALIVE=$1
SetEnvIfNoCase ^Authorization$ "(.+)" HTTP_AUTHORIZATION=$1
SetEnvIfNoCase ^Authorization$ ".+username=\"(.+)\".+" HTTP_REMOTE_USER=$1
SetEnvIfNoCase ^Content-Type$ "(.+)" HTTP_CONTENT_TYPE=$1
SetEnvIfNoCase ^Content-Length$ "(.+)" HTTP_CONTENT_LENGTH=$1
SetEnvIfNoCase Server_Addr "(.+)" SERVER_ADDR=$1
SetEnvIfNoCase Request_Method "(.+)" REQUEST_METHOD=$1
SetEnvIfNoCase Request_Protocol "(.+)" REQUEST_PROTOCOL=$1
SetEnvIfNoCase Request_URI "(.+)" REQUEST_URI=$1
 
ErrorDocument 100 /cgi-bin/rewrite-test/index.php?g=100
ErrorDocument 101 /cgi-bin/rewrite-test/index.php?g=101
ErrorDocument 102 /cgi-bin/rewrite-test/index.php?g=102
ErrorDocument 200 /cgi-bin/rewrite-test/index.php?g=200
ErrorDocument 201 /cgi-bin/rewrite-test/index.php?g=201
ErrorDocument 202 /cgi-bin/rewrite-test/index.php?g=202
ErrorDocument 203 /cgi-bin/rewrite-test/index.php?g=203
ErrorDocument 204 /cgi-bin/rewrite-test/index.php?g=204
ErrorDocument 205 /cgi-bin/rewrite-test/index.php?g=205
ErrorDocument 206 /cgi-bin/rewrite-test/index.php?g=206
ErrorDocument 207 /cgi-bin/rewrite-test/index.php?g=207
ErrorDocument 300 /cgi-bin/rewrite-test/index.php?g=300
ErrorDocument 301 /cgi-bin/rewrite-test/index.php?g=301
ErrorDocument 302 /cgi-bin/rewrite-test/index.php?g=302
ErrorDocument 303 /cgi-bin/rewrite-test/index.php?g=303
ErrorDocument 304 /cgi-bin/rewrite-test/index.php?g=304
ErrorDocument 305 /cgi-bin/rewrite-test/index.php?g=305
ErrorDocument 306 /cgi-bin/rewrite-test/index.php?g=306
ErrorDocument 307 /cgi-bin/rewrite-test/index.php?g=307
ErrorDocument 400 /cgi-bin/rewrite-test/index.php?g=400
ErrorDocument 401 /cgi-bin/rewrite-test/index.php?g=401
ErrorDocument 402 /cgi-bin/rewrite-test/index.php?g=402
ErrorDocument 403 /cgi-bin/rewrite-test/index.php?g=403
ErrorDocument 404 /cgi-bin/rewrite-test/index.php?g=404
ErrorDocument 405 /cgi-bin/rewrite-test/index.php?g=405
ErrorDocument 406 /cgi-bin/rewrite-test/index.php?g=406
ErrorDocument 407 /cgi-bin/rewrite-test/index.php?g=407
ErrorDocument 408 /cgi-bin/rewrite-test/index.php?g=408
ErrorDocument 409 /cgi-bin/rewrite-test/index.php?g=409
ErrorDocument 410 /cgi-bin/rewrite-test/index.php?g=410
ErrorDocument 411 /cgi-bin/rewrite-test/index.php?g=411
ErrorDocument 412 /cgi-bin/rewrite-test/index.php?g=412
ErrorDocument 413 /cgi-bin/rewrite-test/index.php?g=413
ErrorDocument 414 /cgi-bin/rewrite-test/index.php?g=414
ErrorDocument 415 /cgi-bin/rewrite-test/index.php?g=415
ErrorDocument 416 /cgi-bin/rewrite-test/index.php?g=416
ErrorDocument 417 /cgi-bin/rewrite-test/index.php?g=417
ErrorDocument 418 /cgi-bin/rewrite-test/index.php?g=418
ErrorDocument 419 /cgi-bin/rewrite-test/index.php?g=419
ErrorDocument 420 /cgi-bin/rewrite-test/index.php?g=420
ErrorDocument 421 /cgi-bin/rewrite-test/index.php?g=421
ErrorDocument 422 /cgi-bin/rewrite-test/index.php?g=422
ErrorDocument 423 /cgi-bin/rewrite-test/index.php?g=423
ErrorDocument 424 /cgi-bin/rewrite-test/index.php?g=424
ErrorDocument 425 /cgi-bin/rewrite-test/index.php?g=425
ErrorDocument 426 /cgi-bin/rewrite-test/index.php?g=426
ErrorDocument 500 /cgi-bin/rewrite-test/index.php?g=500
ErrorDocument 501 /cgi-bin/rewrite-test/index.php?g=501
ErrorDocument 502 /cgi-bin/rewrite-test/index.php?g=502
ErrorDocument 503 /cgi-bin/rewrite-test/index.php?g=503
ErrorDocument 504 /cgi-bin/rewrite-test/index.php?g=504
ErrorDocument 505 /cgi-bin/rewrite-test/index.php?g=505
ErrorDocument 506 /cgi-bin/rewrite-test/index.php?g=506
ErrorDocument 507 /cgi-bin/rewrite-test/index.php?g=507
ErrorDocument 508 /cgi-bin/rewrite-test/index.php?g=508
ErrorDocument 509 /cgi-bin/rewrite-test/index.php?g=509
ErrorDocument 510 /cgi-bin/rewrite-test/index.php?g=510
 
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
 
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_AUTH_TYPE:%{AUTH_TYPE}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_CONTENT_LENGTH:%{CONTENT_LENGTH}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_CONTENT_TYPE:%{CONTENT_TYPE}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_DATE_GMT:%{DATE_GMT}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_DATE_LOCAL:%{DATE_LOCAL}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_DOCUMENT_NAME:%{DOCUMENT_NAME}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_DOCUMENT_PATH_INFO:%{DOCUMENT_PATH_INFO}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_DOCUMENT_ROOT:%{DOCUMENT_ROOT}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_DOCUMENT_URI:%{DOCUMENT_URI}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_GATEWAY_INTERFACE:%{GATEWAY_INTERFACE}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_LAST_MODIFIED:%{LAST_MODIFIED}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_PATH_INFO:%{PATH_INFO}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_PATH_TRANSLATED:%{PATH_TRANSLATED}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_QUERY_STRING:%{QUERY_STRING}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_QUERY_STRING_UNESCAPED:%{QUERY_STRING_UNESCAPED}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_REMOTE_ADDR:%{REMOTE_ADDR}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_REMOTE_HOST:%{REMOTE_HOST}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_REMOTE_IDENT:%{REMOTE_IDENT}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_REMOTE_PORT:%{REMOTE_PORT}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_REMOTE_USER:%{REMOTE_USER}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_REDIRECT_HANDLER:%{REDIRECT_HANDLER}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_REDIRECT_QUERY_STRING:%{REDIRECT_QUERY_STRING}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_REDIRECT_REMOTE_USER:%{REDIRECT_REMOTE_USER}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_REDIRECT_STATUS:%{REDIRECT_STATUS}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_REDIRECT_URL:%{REDIRECT_URL}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_REQUEST_METHOD:%{REQUEST_METHOD}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_REQUEST_URI:%{REQUEST_URI}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_SCRIPT_FILENAME:%{SCRIPT_FILENAME}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_SCRIPT_NAME:%{SCRIPT_NAME}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_SERVER_ADMIN:%{SERVER_ADMIN}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_SERVER_NAME:%{SERVER_NAME}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_SERVER_ADDR:%{SERVER_ADDR}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_SERVER_PORT:%{SERVER_PORT}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_SERVER_PROTOCOL:%{SERVER_PROTOCOL}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_SERVER_SIGNATURE:%{SERVER_SIGNATURE}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_SERVER_SOFTWARE:%{SERVER_SOFTWARE}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_USER_NAME:%{USER_NAME}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_TZ:%{TZ}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_API_VERSION:%{API_VERSION}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_HTTPS:%{HTTPS}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_HTTP_ACCEPT:%{HTTP_ACCEPT}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_HTTP_ACCEPT_CHARSET:%{HTTP_ACCEPT_CHARSET}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING:%{HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE:%{HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_HTTP_CACHE_CONTROL:%{HTTP_CACHE_CONTROL}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_HTTP_CONNECTION:%{HTTP_CONNECTION}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_HTTP_COOKIE:%{HTTP_COOKIE}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_HTTP_FORWARDED:%{HTTP_FORWARDED}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_HTTP_HOST:%{HTTP_HOST}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_HTTP_KEEP_ALIVE:%{HTTP_KEEP_ALIVE}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_HTTP_PROXY_CONNECTION:%{HTTP_PROXY_CONNECTION}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_HTTP_REFERER:%{HTTP_REFERER}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_HTTP_USER_AGENT:%{HTTP_USER_AGENT}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_IS_SUBREQ:%{IS_SUBREQ}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_ORIG_PATH_INFO:%{ORIG_PATH_INFO}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_ORIG_PATH_TRANSLATED:%{ORIG_PATH_TRANSLATED}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_ORIG_SCRIPT_FILENAME:%{ORIG_SCRIPT_FILENAME}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_ORIG_SCRIPT_NAME:%{ORIG_SCRIPT_NAME}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_PATH:%{PATH}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_PHP_SELF:%{PHP_SELF}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_REQUEST_FILENAME:%{REQUEST_FILENAME}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_REQUEST_TIME:%{REQUEST_TIME}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_SCRIPT_GROUP:%{SCRIPT_GROUP}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_SCRIPT_USER:%{SCRIPT_USER}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_THE_REQUEST:%{THE_REQUEST}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_TIME:%{TIME}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_TIME_DAY:%{TIME_DAY}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_TIME_HOUR:%{TIME_HOUR}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_TIME_MIN:%{TIME_MIN}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_TIME_MON:%{TIME_MON}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_TIME_SEC:%{TIME_SEC}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_TIME_WDAY:%{TIME_WDAY}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_TIME_YEAR:%{TIME_YEAR}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_PATH:%{PATH}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_SCRIPT_URI:%{SCRIPT_URI}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_SCRIPT_URL:%{SCRIPT_URL}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=IN_UNIQUE_ID:%{UNIQUE_ID}]
 
RewriteRule .* - [E=ENV_PATH:%{ENV:PATH}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=ENV_SCRIPT_URI:%{ENV:SCRIPT_URI}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=ENV_SCRIPT_URL:%{ENV:SCRIPT_URL}]
RewriteRule .* - [E=ENV_UNIQUE_ID:%{ENV:UNIQUE_ID}]
 
RequestHeader set AUTH_TYPE "%{IN_AUTH_TYPE}e"
RequestHeader set CONTENT_LENGTH "%{IN_CONTENT_LENGTH}e"
RequestHeader set CONTENT_TYPE "%{IN_CONTENT_TYPE}e"
RequestHeader set DATE_GMT "%{IN_DATE_GMT}e"
RequestHeader set DATE_LOCAL "%{IN_DATE_LOCAL}e"
RequestHeader set DOCUMENT_NAME "%{IN_DOCUMENT_NAME}e"
RequestHeader set DOCUMENT_PATH_INFO "%{IN_DOCUMENT_PATH_INFO}e"
RequestHeader set DOCUMENT_ROOT "%{IN_DOCUMENT_ROOT}e"
RequestHeader set DOCUMENT_URI "%{IN_DOCUMENT_URI}e"
RequestHeader set GATEWAY_INTERFACE "%{IN_GATEWAY_INTERFACE}e"
RequestHeader set LAST_MODIFIED "%{IN_LAST_MODIFIED}e"
RequestHeader set PATH_INFO "%{IN_PATH_INFO}e"
RequestHeader set PATH_TRANSLATED "%{IN_PATH_TRANSLATED}e"
RequestHeader set QUERY_STRING "%{IN_QUERY_STRING}e"
RequestHeader set QUERY_STRING_UNESCAPED "%{IN_QUERY_STRING_UNESCAPED}e"
RequestHeader set REMOTE_ADDR "%{IN_REMOTE_ADDR}e"
RequestHeader set REMOTE_HOST "%{IN_REMOTE_HOST}e"
RequestHeader set REMOTE_IDENT "%{IN_REMOTE_IDENT}e"
RequestHeader set REMOTE_PORT "%{IN_REMOTE_PORT}e"
RequestHeader set REMOTE_USER "%{IN_REMOTE_USER}e"
RequestHeader set REDIRECT_HANDLER "%{IN_REDIRECT_HANDLER}e"
RequestHeader set REDIRECT_QUERY_STRING "%{IN_REDIRECT_QUERY_STRING}e"
RequestHeader set REDIRECT_REMOTE_USER "%{IN_REDIRECT_REMOTE_USER}e"
RequestHeader set REDIRECT_STATUS "%{IN_REDIRECT_STATUS}e"
RequestHeader set REDIRECT_URL "%{IN_REDIRECT_URL}e"
RequestHeader set REQUEST_METHOD "%{IN_REQUEST_METHOD}e"
RequestHeader set REQUEST_URI "%{IN_REQUEST_URI}e"
RequestHeader set SCRIPT_FILENAME "%{IN_SCRIPT_FILENAME}e"
RequestHeader set SCRIPT_NAME "%{IN_SCRIPT_NAME}e"
RequestHeader set SCRIPT_URI "%{IN_SCRIPT_URI}e"
RequestHeader set SCRIPT_URL "%{IN_SCRIPT_URL}e"
RequestHeader set SERVER_ADMIN "%{IN_SERVER_ADMIN}e"
RequestHeader set SERVER_NAME "%{IN_SERVER_NAME}e"
RequestHeader set SERVER_ADDR "%{IN_SERVER_ADDR}e"
RequestHeader set SERVER_PORT "%{IN_SERVER_PORT}e"
RequestHeader set SERVER_PROTOCOL "%{IN_SERVER_PROTOCOL}e"
RequestHeader set SERVER_SIGNATURE "%{IN_SERVER_SIGNATURE}e"
RequestHeader set SERVER_SOFTWARE "%{IN_SERVER_SOFTWARE}e"
RequestHeader set UNIQUE_ID "%{IN_UNIQUE_ID}e"
RequestHeader set USER_NAME "%{IN_USER_NAME}e"
RequestHeader set TZ "%{IN_TZ}e"
RequestHeader set API_VERSION "%{IN_API_VERSION}e"
RequestHeader set HTTPS "%{IN_HTTPS}e"
RequestHeader set HTTP_ACCEPT "%{IN_HTTP_ACCEPT}e"
RequestHeader set HTTP_ACCEPT_CHARSET "%{IN_HTTP_ACCEPT_CHARSET}e"
RequestHeader set HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING "%{IN_HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING}e"
RequestHeader set HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE "%{IN_HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE}e"
RequestHeader set HTTP_CACHE_CONTROL "%{IN_HTTP_CACHE_CONTROL}e"
RequestHeader set HTTP_CONNECTION "%{IN_HTTP_CONNECTION}e"
RequestHeader set HTTP_COOKIE "%{IN_HTTP_COOKIE}e"
RequestHeader set HTTP_FORWARDED "%{IN_HTTP_FORWARDED}e"
RequestHeader set HTTP_HOST "%{IN_HTTP_HOST}e"
RequestHeader set HTTP_KEEP_ALIVE "%{IN_HTTP_KEEP_ALIVE}e"
RequestHeader set HTTP_PROXY_CONNECTION "%{IN_HTTP_PROXY_CONNECTION}e"
RequestHeader set HTTP_REFERER "%{IN_HTTP_REFERER}e"
RequestHeader set HTTP_USER_AGENT "%{IN_HTTP_USER_AGENT}e"
RequestHeader set IS_SUBREQ "%{IN_IS_SUBREQ}e"
RequestHeader set ORIG_PATH_INFO "%{IN_ORIG_PATH_INFO}e"
RequestHeader set ORIG_PATH_TRANSLATED "%{IN_ORIG_PATH_TRANSLATED}e"
RequestHeader set ORIG_SCRIPT_FILENAME "%{IN_ORIG_SCRIPT_FILENAME}e"
RequestHeader set ORIG_SCRIPT_NAME "%{IN_ORIG_SCRIPT_NAME}e"
RequestHeader set PATH "%{IN_PATH}e"
RequestHeader set PHP_SELF "%{IN_PHP_SELF}e"
RequestHeader set REQUEST_FILENAME "%{IN_REQUEST_FILENAME}e"
RequestHeader set REQUEST_TIME "%{IN_REQUEST_TIME}e"
RequestHeader set SCRIPT_GROUP "%{IN_SCRIPT_GROUP}e"
RequestHeader set SCRIPT_USER "%{IN_SCRIPT_USER}e"
RequestHeader set THE_REQUEST "%{IN_THE_REQUEST}e"
RequestHeader set TIME "%{IN_TIME}e"
RequestHeader set TIME_DAY "%{IN_TIME_DAY}e"
RequestHeader set TIME_HOUR "%{IN_TIME_HOUR}e"
RequestHeader set TIME_MIN "%{IN_TIME_MIN}e"
RequestHeader set TIME_MON "%{IN_TIME_MON}e"
RequestHeader set TIME_SEC "%{IN_TIME_SEC}e"
RequestHeader set TIME_WDAY "%{IN_TIME_WDAY}e"
RequestHeader set TIME_YEAR "%{IN_TIME_YEAR}e"
 
SetEnvIfNoCase ^WWW-Auth "(.+)" HTTP_WWW_AUTHORIZATION=$1
SetEnvIfNoCase ^If "(.+)" HTTP_IF_MODIFIED_SINCE=$1
SetEnvIfNoCase ^If-None-Match$ "(.+)" HTTP_IF_NONE_MATCH=$1
SetEnvIfNoCase ^Cache-Control$ "(.+)" HTTP_CACHE_CONTROL=$1
SetEnvIfNoCase ^Connection$ "(.+)" HTTP_CONNECTION=$1
SetEnvIfNoCase ^Keep-Alive$ "(.+)" HTTP_KEEP_ALIVE=$1
SetEnvIfNoCase ^Authorization$ "(.+)" HTTP_AUTHORIZATION=$1
SetEnvIfNoCase ^Content-Type$ "(.+)" HTTP_CONTENT_TYPE=$1
SetEnvIfNoCase ^Content-Length$ "(.+)" HTTP_CONTENT_LENGTH=$1
SetEnvIfNoCase ^Authorization$ ".+username=\"([a-zA-Z0-9]+)\".+" REMOTE_USER=$1
SetEnvIfNoCase Server_Addr "(.+)" SERVER_ADDR=$1
SetEnvIfNoCase Request_Method "(.+)" REQUEST_METHOD=$1
SetEnvIfNoCase Request_Protocol "(.+)" REQUEST_PROTOCOL=$1
SetEnvIfNoCase Request_URI "(.+)" REQUEST_URI=$1
 
RequestHeader set IF_MODIFIED_SINCE "%{HTTP_IF_MODIFIED_SINCE}e"
RequestHeader set IF_NONE_MATCH "%{HTTP_IF_NONE_MATCH}e"
RequestHeader set CACHE_CONTROL "%{HTTP_CACHE_CONTROL}e"
RequestHeader set CONNECTION "%{HTTP_CONNECTION}e"
RequestHeader set KEEP_ALIVE "%{HTTP_KEEP_ALIVE}e"
RequestHeader set AUTHORIZATION "%{HTTP_AUTHORIZATION}e"
RequestHeader set REMOTE_USER "%{REMOTE_USER}e"
RequestHeader set CONTENT_TYPE "%{HTTP_CONTENT_TYPE}e"
RequestHeader set CONTENT_LENGTH "%{HTTP_CONTENT_LENGTH}e"
RequestHeader set SERVER_ADDR "%{SERVER_ADDR}e"
RequestHeader set REQUEST_METHOD "%{REQUEST_METHOD}e"
RequestHeader set REQUEST_PROTOCOL "%{REQUEST_PROTOCOL}e"
RequestHeader set REQUEST_URI "%{REQUEST_URI}e"
 
RequestHeader set UNIQUE_ID "%{ENV_UNIQUE_ID}e"
RequestHeader set SCRIPT_URL "%{ENV_SCRIPT_URL}e"
RequestHeader set SCRIPT_URI "%{ENV_SCRIPT_URI}e"
RequestHeader set PATH "%{ENV_PATH}e"
 
Options +ExecCGI +FollowSymLinks
 
Order Deny,Allow
Deny from All
Allow from 208.113.134.190  64.111.114.111 208.113.134.203 208.113.152.201 env=REDIRECT_STATUS
Satisfy Any
 
SecFilterEngine Off

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#
# Order Deny,Allow
# First, all Allow directives are evaluated; at least one must match, or the request is rejected.
# Next, all Deny directives are evaluated. If any matches, the request is rejected.
# Last, any requests which do not match an Allow or a Deny directive are denied by default.
#
Order Allow,Deny
Allow from all
Deny from 217.219.
 
#Order Deny,Allow
# First, all Deny directives are evaluated; if any match, the request is denied unless it also matches an Allow directive.
# Any requests which do not match any Allow or Deny directives are permitted.
 
#SetEnvIf content-type (multipart/form-data)(.*) NEW_CONTENT_TYPE=application/x-www-form-urlencoded$2 OLD_CONTENT_TYPE=$1$2
#RequestHeader set content-type %{NEW_CONTENT_TYPE}e env=NEW_CONTENT_TYPE
SetEnvIfNoCase Content-Type "^multipart/form-data" !MODSEC_NOPOSTBUFFERING
SetEnvIfNoCase Content-Type "^application/x-www-form-urlencoded" !MODSEC_NOPOSTBUFFERING
SetEnv suppress-error-charset
SetEnvIfNoCase Content-Type "^multipart/form-data" !MODSEC_NOPOSTBUFFERING
 
SetEnvIf Request_URI "^/(cgi-bin/search\.php|cgi-bin/java\.cgi|wp-admin/.*)" MODSEC_ENABLE=Off
SetEnvIf Request_URI "^/(online-tools/js-compress.*)" "MODSEC_NOPOSTBUFFERING=Do not buffer file uploads"
SetEnvIfNoCase Remote_Addr ^208\.113\.134\.190$ MODSEC_ENABLE=Off
SetEnvIfNoCase Remote_Addr ^64\.111\.114\.111$ MODSEC_ENABLE=Off
 
### Section 1: Global Environment
#
# The directives in this section affect the overall operation of Apache,
# such as the number of concurrent requests it can handle or where it
# can find its configuration files.
#
#
# TZ: Your address, where problems with the server should be
# e-mailed.  This address appears on some server-generated pages, such
# as error documents.  e.g. admin@your-domain.com
#
SetEnv TZ America/Indianapolis
 
#
# ServerAdmin: Your address, where problems with the server should be
# e-mailed.  This address appears on some server-generated pages, such
# as error documents.  e.g. admin@your-domain.com
#
SetEnv SERVER_ADMIN webmaster@askapache.com
 
#
# Optionally add a line containing the server version and virtual host
# name to server-generated pages (internal error documents, FTP directory
# listings, mod_status and mod_info output etc., but not CGI generated
# documents or custom error documents).
# Set to "EMail" to also include a mailto: link to the ServerAdmin.
# Set to one of:  On | Off | EMail
#
ServerSignature Off
 
#
# Possible values for the Options directive are "None", "All",
# or any combination of:
#   Indexes Includes FollowSymLinks SymLinksifOwnerMatch ExecCGI MultiViews
#
# The Options directive is both complicated and important.  Please see
# http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/core.html#options
# for more information.
#
Options -Indexes -Includes -ExecCGI -MultiViews
 
#
# DirectoryIndex: sets the file that Apache will serve if a directory
# is requested.
#
DirectoryIndex index.php
 
#
# Action lets you define media types that will execute a script whenever
# a matching file is called. This eliminates the need for repeated URL
# pathnames for oft-used CGI file processors.
# Format: Action media/type /cgi-script/location
# Format: Action handler-name /cgi-script/location
#
Action php5-cgi /bin/php.cgi
 
#
# AddHandler allows you to map certain file extensions to "handlers":
# actions unrelated to filetype. These can be either built into the server
# or added with the Action directive (see below)
#
# To use CGI scripts outside of ScriptAliased directories:
# (You will also need to add "ExecCGI" to the "Options" directive.)
#
AddHandler php5-cgi .php .inc
 
#
# Commonly used filename extensions to character sets. You probably
# want to avoid clashes with the language extensions, unless you
# are good at carefully testing your setup after each change.
# See http://www.iana.org/assignments/character-sets for the
# official list of charset names and their respective RFCs.
#
AddDefaultCharset UTF-8
 
#
# AddType allows you to add to or override the MIME configuration
# file mime.types for specific file types.
#
#
AddType 'application/rdf+xml; charset=UTF-8' .rdf
AddType 'application/xhtml+xml; charset=UTF-8' .xhtml
AddType 'application/xhtml+xml; charset=UTF-8' .xhtml.gz
AddType 'text/html; charset=UTF-8' .html
AddType 'text/html; charset=UTF-8' .html.gz
AddType application/octet-stream .rar .chm .bz2 .tgz .msi .pdf .exe
AddType application/vnd.ms-excel .csv
AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps
AddType application/x-pilot .prc .pdb
AddType application/x-shockwave-flash .swf
AddType application/xrds+xml .xrdf
AddType text/plain .ini .sh .bsh .bash .awk .nawk .gawk .csh .var .c .in .h .asc .md5 .sha .sha1
AddType video/x-flv .flv
 
#
# AddEncoding allows you to have certain browsers uncompress
# information on the fly. Note: Not all browsers support this.
# Despite the name similarity, the following Add* directives have nothing
# to do with the FancyIndexing customization directives above.
#
AddEncoding x-compress .Z
AddEncoding x-gzip .gz .tgz
 
#
# DefaultType: the default MIME type the server will use for a document
# if it cannot otherwise determine one, such as from filename extensions.
# If your server contains mostly text or HTML documents, "text/plain" is
# a good value.  If most of your content is binary, such as applications
# or images, you may want to use "application/octet-stream" instead to
# keep browsers from trying to display binary files as though they are
# text.
#
DefaultType text/html

Error Documents

#
# Customizable error responses come in three flavors:
# 1) plain text 2) local redirects 3) external redirects
#
#100 Continue
#101 Switching Protocols
#102 Processing
#200 OK
#201 Created
#202 Accepted
#203 Non-Authoritative Information
#204 No Content
#205 Reset Content
#206 Partial Content
#207 Multi-Status
#300 Multiple Choices
#301 Moved Permanently
#302 Found
#303 See Other
#304 Not Modified
#305 Use Proxy
#306 unused
#307 Temporary Redirect
#400 Bad Request
#401 Authorization Required
#402 Payment Required
#403 Forbidden
#404 Not Found
#405 Method Not Allowed
#406 Not Acceptable
#407 Proxy Authentication Required
#408 Request Time-out
#409 Conflict
#410 Gone
#411 Length Required
#412 Precondition Failed
#413 Request Entity Too Large
#414 Request-URI Too Large
#415 Unsupported Media Type
#416 Requested Range Not Satisfiable
#417 Expectation Failed
#418 unused
#419 unused
#420 unused
#421 unused
#422 Unprocessable Entity
#423 Locked
#424 Failed Dependency
#425 No code
#426 Upgrade Required
#500 Internal Server Error
#501 Method Not Implemented
#502 Bad Gateway
#503 Service Temporarily Unavailable
#504 Gateway Time-out
#505 HTTP Version Not Supported
#506 Variant Also Negotiates
#507 Insufficient Storage
#508 unused
#509 unused
#510 Not Extended
 
#ErrorDocument 100 /e/100_CONTINUE.html
#ErrorDocument 101 /e/101_SWITCHING_PROTOCOLS.html
#ErrorDocument 102 /e/102_PROCESSING.html
 
#ErrorDocument 200 /e/200_OK.html
#ErrorDocument 201 /e/201_CREATED.html
#ErrorDocument 202 /e/202_ACCEPTED.html
#ErrorDocument 203 /e/203_NON_AUTHORITATIVE.html
#ErrorDocument 204 /e/204_NO_CONTENT.html
#ErrorDocument 205 /e/205_RESET_CONTENT.html
#ErrorDocument 206 /e/206_PARTIAL_CONTENT.html
#ErrorDocument 207 /e/207_MULTI_STATUS.html
 
#ErrorDocument 300 /e/300_MULTIPLE_CHOICES.html
#ErrorDocument 301 /e/301_MOVED_PERMANENTLY.html
#ErrorDocument 302 /e/302_MOVED_TEMPORARILY.html
#ErrorDocument 303 /e/303_SEE_OTHER.html
#ErrorDocument 304 /e/304_NOT_MODIFIED.html
#ErrorDocument 305 /e/305_USE_PROXY.html
#ErrorDocument 307 /e/307_TEMPORARY_REDIRECT.html
 
ErrorDocument 400 /e/400_BAD_REQUEST.html
ErrorDocument 401 /e/401_UNAUTHORIZED.html
ErrorDocument 402 /e/402_PAYMENT_REQUIRED.html
ErrorDocument 403 /e/403_FORBIDDEN.html
#ErrorDocument 404 /e/404_NOT_FOUND.html
ErrorDocument 404 /index.php?error=404
ErrorDocument 405 /e/405_METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED.html
ErrorDocument 406 /e/406_NOT_ACCEPTABLE.html
ErrorDocument 407 /e/407_PROXY_AUTHENTICATION_REQUIRED.html
ErrorDocument 408 /e/408_REQUEST_TIME_OUT.html
ErrorDocument 409 /e/409_CONFLICT.html
ErrorDocument 410 /e/410_GONE.html
ErrorDocument 411 /e/411_LENGTH_REQUIRED.html
ErrorDocument 412 /e/412_PRECONDITION_FAILED.html
ErrorDocument 413 /e/413_REQUEST_ENTITY_TOO_LARGE.html
ErrorDocument 414 /e/414_REQUEST_URI_TOO_LARGE.html
ErrorDocument 415 /e/415_UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE.html
ErrorDocument 416 /e/416_RANGE_NOT_SATISFIABLE.html
ErrorDocument 417 /e/417_EXPECTATION_FAILED.html
ErrorDocument 422 /e/422_UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY.html
ErrorDocument 423 /e/423_LOCKED.html
ErrorDocument 424 /e/424_FAILED_DEPENDENCY.html
ErrorDocument 426 /e/426_UPGRADE_REQUIRED.html
ErrorDocument 500 /e/500_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR.html
ErrorDocument 501 /e/501_NOT_IMPLEMENTED.html
ErrorDocument 502 /e/502_BAD_GATEWAY.html
ErrorDocument 503 /e/503_SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE.html
ErrorDocument 504 /e/504_GATEWAY_TIME_OUT.html
ErrorDocument 505 /e/505_VERSION_NOT_SUPPORTED.html
ErrorDocument 506 /e/506_VARIANT_ALSO_VARIES.html
ErrorDocument 507 /e/507_INSUFFICIENT_STORAGE.html
ErrorDocument 510 /e/510_NOT_EXTENDED.html

Caching

#
#  HEADERS and CACHING
#
Header unset Pragma
FileETag None
Header unset ETag
 
# 1 YEAR
<filesMatch "\.(ico|pdf|flv|jpg|jpeg|png|gif|swf)$">
Header unset P3P
Header unset Pragma
FileETag None
Header unset ETag
Header set Cache-Control "public,max-age=29030400"
Header set Expires "Thu, 15 Apr 2010 20:00:00 GMT"
Header unset Last-Modified
</filesMatch>
 
# 2 HOURS
<filesMatch "\.(html|htm|xml|txt|xsl|rdf|rss)$">
<ifModule mod_expires.c>
ExpiresActive On
ExpiresDefault A3600
</ifModule>
</filesMatch>

Redirect Hack

#Redirect 400 /e/400
#Redirect 401 /e/401
#Redirect 402 /e/402
#Redirect 403 /e/403
Redirect 404 /index.php?error=404
#Redirect 405 /e/405
#Redirect 406 /e/406
#Redirect 407 /e/407
#Redirect 408 /e/408
#Redirect 409 /e/409
#Redirect 410 /e/410
#Redirect 411 /e/411
#Redirect 412 /e/412
#Redirect 413 /e/413
#Redirect 414 /e/414
#Redirect 415 /e/415
#Redirect 416 /e/416
#Redirect 417 /e/417
#Redirect 418 /e/418
#Redirect 419 /e/419
#Redirect 420 /e/420
#Redirect 421 /e/421
#Redirect 422 /e/422
#Redirect 423 /e/423
#Redirect 424 /e/424
#Redirect 425 /e/425
#Redirect 426 /e/426
#Redirect 500 /e/500
#Redirect 501 /e/501
#Redirect 502 /e/502
#Redirect 503 /e/503
#Redirect 504 /e/504
#Redirect 505 /e/505
#Redirect 506 /e/506
#Redirect 507 /e/507
#Redirect 508 /e/508
#Redirect 509 /e/509
#Redirect 510 /e/510

301 PERMANENT REDIRECTS

#
# Redirect allows you to tell clients about documents which used to exist in
# your server's namespace, but do not anymore. This allows you to tell the
# clients where to look for the relocated document.
#
Redirect 301 /12-lessons-for-those-afraid-of-css.html http://www.askapache.com/css/12-lessons-for-those-afraid-of-css.html
Redirect 301 /2006/htaccess/htaccesselite-ultimate-htaccess-article.html http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/apache-htaccess.html
Redirect 301 /2007/phpbb/sending-post-form-data-with-php-curl.html http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/sending-post-form-data-with-php-curl.html
Redirect 301 /2007/webmaster/custom-phpini-with-fastcgi-on-dreamhost.html http://www.askapache.com/dreamhost/custom-phpini-with-fastcgi-on-dreamhost.html
Redirect 301 /2007/webmaster/custom-phpini-with-fastcgi-on-dreamhost.html http://www.askapache.com/dreamhost/custom-phpini-with-fastcgi-on-dreamhost.html
Redirect 301 /2007/webmaster/php-and-ajax-shell-console.html http://www.askapache.com/tools/php-and-ajax-shell-console.html
Redirect 301 /27-request-methods-for-use-with-apache-and-rewritecond-and-htaccess.html http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/27-request-methods-for-use-with-apache-and-rewritecond-and-htaccess.html
Redirect 301 /404-google-wordpress-plugin.html http://www.askapache.com/seo/404-google-wordpress-plugin.html
Redirect 301 /503-service-temporarily-unavailable.html http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/503-service-temporarily-unavailable.html
Redirect 301 /Overview-about.rdf http://www.askapache.com/askapache-home.rdf
Redirect 301 /abbr-acronym.html http://www.askapache.com/xhtml/abbr-acronym.html
Redirect 301 /adsense-robots.html http://www.askapache.com/google/adsense-robots.html
Redirect 301 /alexa-toolbar-firefox.html http://www.askapache.com/tools/alexa-toolbar-firefox.html
Redirect 301 /allowing-access-from-1-static-ip-and-deny-the-rest.html http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/apache-htaccess.html
Redirect 301 /anti-virus-spyware-rootkit.html http://www.askapache.com/security/anti-virus-spyware-rootkit.html
Redirect 301 /apache-ssl-in-htaccess-examples.html http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/apache-ssl-in-htaccess-examples.html
Redirect 301 /awk-tutorial.html http://www.askapache.com/awk/awk-tutorial.html
Redirect 301 /best-adsense-optimization.html http://www.askapache.com/wordpress/best-adsense-optimization.html
Redirect 301 /commonly-used-htaccess-code-examples.html http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/commonly-used-htaccess-code-examples.html
Redirect 301 /css-background-image-sprite.html http://www.askapache.com/css/css-background-image-sprite.html
Redirect 301 /css-browser-screenshots.html http://www.askapache.com/tools/css-browser-screenshots.html
Redirect 301 /css-class-example.html http://www.askapache.com/css/css-class-example.html
Redirect 301 /curl-multi-downloads.html http://www.askapache.com/php/curl-multi-downloads.html
Redirect 301 /custom-boot-menu-in-windows-xp.html http://www.askapache.com/windows/custom-boot-menu-in-windows-xp.html
Redirect 301 /donate http://www.dreamhost.com/donate.cgi?id=8261
Redirect 301 /donate/ http://www.dreamhost.com/donate.cgi?id=8261
Redirect 301 /htaccess.txt http://z.askapache.com/p/htaccess.txt
Redirect 301 /htaccess/404-errorpages.html http://www.askapache.com/seo/google-ajax-search-seo-tips.html
Redirect 301 /htaccess/feedsmith http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/feedsmith-htaccess.html
Redirect 301 /htaccess/http-status-codes.html http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/apache-status-code-headers-errordocument.html
Redirect 301 /htaccess/instruct-search-engines-to-come-back-to-site-after-you-finish-working-on-it.html http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/503-service-temporarily-unavailable.html
Redirect 301 /htaccess/speed-up-the-apache-web-server-with-configuration-hacks.html http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/apache-web-server-speed-configuration-hacks.html
Redirect 301 /instruct-search-engines-to-come-back-to-site-after-you-finish-working-on-it.html http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/503-service-temporarily-unavailable.html
Redirect 301 /security/bypassing-vlan.html http://www.askapache.com/security/hacking-vlan-switched-networks.html
Redirect 301 /security/bypassing-vlanbypassing-vlan.html http://www.askapache.com/security/hacking-vlan-switched-networks.html
Redirect 301 /security/rigging-the-dreamhost-site-of-the-month-contest.html http://www.askapache.com/dreamhost/rigging-the-dreamhost-site-of-the-month-contest.html
Redirect 301 /seo/tailrankcom-robot.html http://www.askapache.com/seo/tailrank-robot.html
Redirect 301 /webmaster/caching-tutorial-for-webmasters.html http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/caching-tutorial-for-webmasters.html
Redirect 301 /webmaster/lft-traceroute-tool.html http://www.askapache.com/tools/lft-traceroute-tool.html

301 PERMANENT REDIRECTMATCH

#
#  PERMANENT REDIRECTMATCH
#
#RedirectMatch 301 ^/&(.*)$ http://www.askapache.com/
RedirectMatch 301 ^/(.+)\.html/$ http://www.askapache.com/$1.html
RedirectMatch 301 ^/&amp(.*)$ http://www.askapache.com/
RedirectMatch 301 ^/.*feed\.gif$ http://z.askapache.com/feed.gif
RedirectMatch 301 ^/([^/]+)//$ http://www.askapache.com/$1/
RedirectMatch 301 ^/(.+)/htaccesselite-ultimate-htaccess-article.html(.*) http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/apache-htaccess.html
RedirectMatch 301 ^/(.+)\.html/([a-z][a-z])/$ http://www.askapache.com/$1.html
RedirectMatch 301 ^/([\(]+)(.*)$ http://www.askapache.com/
RedirectMatch 301 ^/([^9]*)9O1X.3y(.*)/(.*)$ http://www.askapache.com/$2
RedirectMatch 301 ^/.3y(.*)$ http://www.askapache.com/
RedirectMatch 301 ^/200([0-9])/([0-9])(.*)$ http://www.askapache.com/top-100/
RedirectMatch 301 ^/200([0-9])/([^01])(.*)$ http://www.askapache.com/$2$3
RedirectMatch 301 ^/about/glossary(.*)$ http://www.askapache.com/glossary$1
RedirectMatch 301 ^/apache-speed(.*)$ http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/apache-speed$1
RedirectMatch 301 ^/category/(.+)$ http://www.askapache.com/$1
RedirectMatch 301 ^/docs/(.*)$ http://askapache.info/$1
RedirectMatch 301 ^/htaccess/feedsmith-htaccess(.*) http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/redirecting-wordpress-feeds-to-feedburner.html
RedirectMatch 301 ^/robots-txt(.*)$ http://www.askapache.com/robots.txt
RedirectMatch 301 ^/hosting/?$ http://www.askapache.com/hosting/
RedirectMatch 301 ^/.+favicon.ico$ http://www.askapache.com/favicon.ico
#RedirectMatch 301 ^/wp-content/uploads/(.*)$ http://z.askapache.com/uploads/$1
#RedirectMatch 301 ^/z/(.+)$ http://z.askapache.com/$1
#RedirectMatch 301 ^/(z|t|i|j|c|p)/(.*)$ http://z.askapache.com/$1/$2
 
#
#  TEMPORARY REDIRECTMATCH
#
RedirectMatch 307 ^/getflash/?$ http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash
RedirectMatch 307 ^/dream/?$ http://www.askapache.com/dreamhost/
RedirectMatch 307 ^/(cse|apachecse|apachecsetest|apachesearch)/?$ http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=002660089121042511758%3Akk7rwc2gx0i
RedirectMatch 307 ^/search/lr-lang(.*)$ http://feeds.askapache.com/apache/htaccess
 
#
#  PERMANENT GONE
#
RedirectMatch 410 ^/funny(.*)

My Favorite modsec_v1 stuff

# Pass: Allows request to continue, further filters could still halt request.
# Allow: Allows matching requests through, will not be tested against other filters.
# Deny: Stops the request outright, returns a HTTP 500 error code by default.
# Status: Used to specify an alternate HTTP error code.
# Redirect: Matching requests are redirected to the provided URL.
# Exec: Allows execution of a local system binary or script.
# Log: Logs request only.
# Nolog: Does not log request.
# Chain: Allows you to create list of filters for more granulated security. All filters must be cleared before action is taken with the final filter.
 
SecFilterEngine On
SecFilterCheckURLEncoding On
SecFilterCheckUnicodeEncoding Off
SecFilterScanPOST On
 
#SecUploadKeepFiles On
#SecUploadDir /home/askapache/sites/askapache.com/logs/sec-upload
#SecUploadApproveScript /home/askapache/sites/askapache.com/htdocs/cgi-bin/check.sh
 
#SecRuleEngine On
#SecAuditEngine On
#SecAuditEngine Off
SecAuditEngine RelevantOnly
SecAuditLog /home/askapache/sites/askapache.com/logs/modsec_audit.log
SecFilterDebugLog /home/askapache/sites/askapache.com/logs/modsec_debug.log
SecFilterDebugLevel 1
#SecAuditLogRelevantStatus "^(?:1|2(?!00)|5|4(?!04))"
SecAuditLogRelevantStatus "^(1|2(?!00)|4([0-9](0|1|2|5|6|7|8|9))|5)"
SecFilterForceByteRange 1 255
 
#SecFilterInheritance Off
# 0 EMERGENCY - system is unusable
# 1 ALERT - action must be taken immediately
# 2 CRITICAL - critical conditions
# 3 ERROR - error conditions
# 4 WARNING - warning conditions
# 5 NOTICE - normal but significant conditions
# 6 INFO - informational
# 7 DEBUG - debug-level messages
 
SecFilterDefaultAction "deny,severity:6,status:403"
 
#SecFilterSelective REQUEST_METHOD "POST" "pass,auditlog,severity:6"
SecFilterSelective REQUEST_URI "^/(xmlrpc|wp-comments-post)\.php" "pass,log,auditlog,severity:6"
#SecFilterSelective REMOTE_ADDR ^$ "pass,log,auditlog,severity:6"
#SecFilterSelective REMOTE_ADDR ^203\.221\.91\.20$ "pass,log,auditlog,severity:6"
 
#SecFilterSelective REQUEST_URI "^/htaccess.*" "pass,log,auditlog"
#SecFilterSelective REQUEST_URI "^/feed.*" "pass,log,auditlog"
#SecFilterSelective REQUEST_URI "^/.*trackback.*" "pass,log,auditlog"
#SecFilterSelective REQUEST_URI "^/valid.*" "pass,log,auditlog"
 
#Enforce proper HTTP requests
SecFilterSelective SERVER_PROTOCOL "!^HTTP/(0\.9|1\.0|1\.1)$" "id:340000,rev:1,severity:6,msg:'Bad HTTP Protocol'"
 
# Only accept request encodings we know how to handle
SecFilterSelective REQUEST_METHOD "!^(GET|HEAD|POST)$" "chain,id:340001,rev:1,severity:6,msg:'Restricted HTTP function,status:405'"
SecFilterSelective HTTP_Content-Type "!(^$|^application/x-www-form-urlencoded$|^multipart/form-data)"
 
# Require Content-Length to be provided with every POST request
SecFilterSelective REQUEST_METHOD "^POST$" "chain,id:340003,rev:1,severity:6,msg:'Content Length not provided with POST',status:411"
SecFilterSelective HTTP_Content-Length "^$"
 
# Don't accept transfer encodings we know we don't handle
# (and you don't need it anyway)
SecFilterSelective HTTP_Transfer-Encoding "!^$" "id:340004,rev:1,severity:6,msg:'Dis-allowed Transfer Encoding'"
 
#Generic rule for allowed characters, adjust for your site before activating
##SecFilterSelective REQUEST_URI "!^[a-zA-Z0-9\.\+\_\/\-\?\=\&\%\#]+$" "chain,id:390002,rev:1,severity:4,msg:'Restricted HTTP character set'"
##SecFilterSelective REQUEST_URI "!^/(openid|wp-admin|wp-includes|wp-content|wp-login.php)"
 
#HTTP response splitting generic sigs
#SecFilter "Content-Length\:.*Content-Type\:.*Content-Type\:" "id:340005,rev:1,severity:4,msg:'HTTP response splitting'"
 
#HTTP response splitting generic sigs
#SecFilter "Content-Length\:" "chain,id:340006,rev:1,severity:4,msg:'HTTP response splitting'"
#SecFilter "Content-Type\:"
 
#catch smuggling attacks
#SecFilter "^(GET|POST).*Host:.*^(GET|POST)"  "id:300012,rev:1,severity:4,msg:'catch smuggling attacks'"
 
#XSS insertion into Content-Type
#SecFilterSelective THE_REQUEST "Content-Type\:.*(<[[:space:]]*(script|about|applet|activex|chrome)*>.*(script|about|applet|activex|chrome)[[:space:]]*>|onmouseover=|javascript\:)" "id:300002,rev:1,severity:4,msg:'XSS attack in Content-type header'"
 
#Code injection via content length
#SecFilterSelective HTTP_Content-Length|HTTP_USER_AGENT "\;(system|passthru|exec)\(" "id:330003,rev:1,severity:4,msg:'Code Injection in Content-Length header'"
 
#Don't accept chunked encodings modsecurity can not look at these, so this is a hole that can bypass your rules, the rule before this one should cover this, but hey paranoia is cheap
#SecFilterSelective HTTP_Transfer-Encoding "chunked" "id:300003,rev:1,severity:4,msg:'Chunked Transfer Encoding denied'"
 
##generic recursion signatures
#SecFilterSelective REQUEST_URI "\.\./\.\./" "id:300004,rev:2,severity:4,msg:'Generic Path Recursion1 denied'"
#SecFilterSelective THE_REQUEST "\.\|\./\.\|\./\.\|" "id:300005,rev:1,severity:4,msg:'Generic Path Recursion2 denied'"
#SecFilterSelective THE_REQUEST "\.\.\./" "id:300006,rev:1,severity:4,msg:'Bogus Path denied'"
 
#Generic PHP exploit signatures
#SecFilterSelective REQUEST_URI "<\?php (chr|fwrite|fopen|system|echr|passthru|popen|proc_open|shell_exec|exec|proc_nice|proc_terminate|proc_get_status|proc_close|pfsockopen|leak|apache_child_terminate|posix_kill|posix_mkfifo|posix_setpgid|posix_setsid|posix_setuid|phpinfo)\(.*\)\;" "id:330002,rev:1,severity:4,msg:'Generic PHP exploit pattern denied'"
 
#Prevent SQL injection in cookies
##SecFilterSelective COOKIE_VALUES "((select|grant|delete|insert|drop|alter|replace|truncate|update|create|rename|describe)[[:space:]]+[A-Z|a-z|0-9|\*| |\,]+[[:space:]]+(from|into|table|database|index|view)[[:space:]]+[A-Z|a-z|0-9|\*| |\,]|UNION SELECT.*\'.*\'.*,[0-9].*INTO.*FROM)" "id:300011,rev:1,severity:4,msg:'Generic SQL injection in cookie'"
 
#Prevent SQL injection in UA
##SecFilterSelective HTTP_USER_AGENT "((select|grant|delete|insert|drop|alter|replace|truncate|update|create|rename|describe)[[:space:]]+[A-Z|a-z|0-9|\*| |\,]+[[:space:]]+(from|into|table|database|index|view)[[:space:]]+[A-Z|a-z|0-9|\*| |\,]|UNION SELECT.*\'.*\'.*,[0-9].*INTO.*FROM)" "id:300012,rev:1,severity:4,msg:'Generic SQL injection in User Agent header'"
 
# Generic filter to prevent SQL injection attacks
# Understand that all SQL filters are very limited and are very difficult to prevent false postives and negatives.
# Please report false positives/negatives to mike@gotroot.com
#SecFilter "((select|grant|delete|insert|drop|alter|replace|truncate|update|create|rename|describe)[[:space:]]+[A-Z|a-z|0-9|\*| |\,]+[[:space:]]+(from|into|table|database|index|view)[[:space:]]+[A-Z|a-z|0-9|\*| |\,]|UNION SELECT.*\'.*\'.*,[0-9].*INTO.*FROM)" "id:300013,rev:1,severity:4,msg:'Generic SQL injection protection'"
 
#generic XSS PHP attack types
##SecFilterSelective REQUEST_URI "\.php\?" "chain,id:300010,rev:1,severity:4,msg:'Generic PHP XSS exploit pattern denied'"
#SecFilter "(javascript\:/(.*new\x20ActiveXObject.*Sh\.regwrite|.*window\.opener\.document\.body.\innerHTML=window\.opener\.document\.body\.innerHTML\.replace)|onmouseover=\'javascript)"
 
#Generic XSS filter
#please report false positives
##SecFilterSelective REQUEST_URI "!/mt\.cgi" "chain,msg:'XSS2'"
#SecFilter "<[[:space:]]*(script|about|applet|activex|chrome)*>.*(script|about|applet|activex|chrome)[[:space:]]*>"
 
#XSS in referrer and UA headers
##SecFilterSelective HTTP_REFERER|HTTP_USER_AGENT "<[[:space:]]*(script|about|applet|activex|chrome)*>.*(script|about|applet|activex|chrome)[[:space:]]*>" "msg:'XSS3'"
 
#HTTP header PHP code injection attacks
##SecFilterSelective HTTP_CLIENT_IP|HTTP_USER_AGENT|HTTP_Referer "(<\?php|<[[:space:]]?\?[[:space:]]?php|<\? php)" "msg:'PHP1'"
 
#Generic PHP remote file injection
##SecFilterSelective REQUEST_URI "!(/do_command)" "chain,msg:'PHP2'"
##SecFilterSelective REQUEST_URI "\.php\?.*=(https?|ftp)\:/.*(cmd|command)="
 
#script, perl, etc. code in HTTP_Referer string
##SecFilterSelective HTTP_Referer "\#\!.*/" "msg:'perl script1'"
 
#remote file inclusion generic attack signature
#SecFilterSelective THE_REQUEST  "\.(dat|gif|jpg|png|bmp|txt|vir|dot)\?" "chain,msg:'remote 1'"
#SecFilter "((name|pm_path|pagina|path|include_location|root|page|open)=(http|https|ftp)|(cmd|command|inc)=)"
 
#remote file inclusion generic attack signature
#SecFilterSelective THE_REQUEST  "\.(dat|gif|jpg|png|bmp|txt|vir|dot)\?\&(cmd|command|inc|name)=" "msg:'remote2'"
 
#remote file inclusion generic attack signature
#SecFilterSelective ARGS  "\.(dat|gif|jpg|png|bmp|txt|vir|dot)" "chain,msg:'file inclusion1'"
#SecFilter "\?\&(cmd|inc|name)="
 
#remote file inclusion generic attack signature
#SecFilterSelective ARGS  "\.(dat|gif|jpg|png|bmp|txt|vir|dot)\?\&(cmd|inc|name)=" "msg:'file inclusion2'"
 
#remote file inclusion generic attack signature
#SecFilterSelective REQUEST_URI  "\.php\?.*=(http|https|ftp)\:/.*\?&cmd=" "msg:'file inclusion3'"
 
#Bogus file extensions generic signature
#SecFilterSelective THE_REQUEST  "[A-Za-z0-9]\.(gif|jpg|png|bmp)\.txt" "msg:'file extension'"
 
#PHP remote path attach generic signature
#SecFilterSelective REQUEST_URI  "\.ph(p(3|4)?).*path=(http|https|ftp)\:/" "msg:'remote path1'"
#SecFilterSelective REQUEST_URI  "\.php.*path=(http|https|ftp)\:/" "msg:'remote path2'"
 
#generic php attack sigs
#SecFilterSelective REQUEST_URI "(&(cmd|command)=(id|uname)\x20|cmd\?(cmd|command)=|(spy|cmd|cmd_out|sh)\.(gif|jpg|png|bmp|txt)\?&(cmd|command)=|\.php\?&(cmd|command)=)" "msg:'php attack1'"
 
# WEB-MISC apache directory disclosure attempt
#SecFilterSelective THE_REQUEST "////" "msg:'apache directory disclosure'"
 
#PHP defenses
##SecFilterSelective ARG_PHPSESSID "!^$" "msg:'something in phpsessid'"
##SecFilterSelective COOKIE_PHPSESSID "!^$" "msg:'something in cookie phpsessid'"
 
#PHP defenses
##SecFilterSelective COOKIE_ASKAPACHEID "!^[0-9a-z]*$" "msg:'bad value for cookie'"
 
#cross site scripting attempt TYPE + JAVASCRIPT
##SecFilterSelective THE_REQUEST "TYPE\s*=\s*[\'\"]text\/javascript" "msg:'cross-site1'"
 
#cross site scripting attempt STYLE + JAVASCRIPT
##SecFilterSelective THE_REQUEST "TYPE\s*=\s*[\'\"]application\/x-javascript" "msg:'cross-site1'"
 
#cross site scripting attempt STYLE + JSCRIPT
##SecFilterSelective THE_REQUEST "TYPE\s*=\s*[\'\"]text\/jscript" "msg:'cross-site1'"
 
# cross site scripting attempt STYLE + VBSCRIPT
##SecFilterSelective THE_REQUEST "TYPE\s*=\s*[\'\"]text\/vbscript" "msg:'cross-site1'"
 
#cross site scripting attempt STYLE + VBSCRIPT
##SecFilterSelective THE_REQUEST "TYPE\s*=\s*[\'\"]application\/x-vbscript" "msg:'cross-site1'"
 
#cross site scripting attempt STYLE + ECMACRIPT
##SecFilterSelective THE_REQUEST "TYPE\s*=\s*[\'\"]text\/ecmascript" "msg:'cross-site1'"
 
# cross site scripting attempt STYLE + EXPRESSION
##SecFilterSelective THE_REQUEST "STYLE[\s]*=[\s]*[^>]expression[\s]*\(" "msg:'cross-site1'"
 
#cross site scripting attempt STYLE + EXPRESSION
##SecFilterSelective THE_REQUEST "[\s]*expression[\s]*\([^}]}[\s]*<\/STYLE>" "msg:'cross-site1'"
 
# cross site scripting attempt using XML
##SecFilterSelective THE_REQUEST "<!\[CDATA\[<\]\]>SCRIPT" "msg:'cross-site1'"
 
#cross site scripting attempt executing hidden Javascript
##SecFilterSelective THE_REQUEST "eval[\s]*\([\s]*[^\.]\.innerHTML[\s]*\)" "msg:'cross-site1'"
 
#cross site scripting attempt executing hidden Javascript
##SecFilterSelective THE_REQUEST "window\.execScript[\s]*\(" "msg:'cross-site1'"
 
#cross site scripting attempt to execute Javascript code
###SecFilterSelective THE_REQUEST "/(((URL|SRC|HREF|LOWSRC)[\s]*=)|(url[\s]*[\(]))[\s]*[\'\"]*javascript[\:]" "msg:'cross-site1'"
 
#cross site scripting HTML Image tag set to javascript attempt
#SecFilterSelective THE_REQUEST "img src=javascript" "msg:'cross-site1'"
 
#Fake image file shell attacvk
#SecFilterSelective HTTP_Content-Type "image/.*" "msg:'image shell 1'"
#SecFilterSelective POST_PAYLOAD "chr\(" "msg:'image shell2'"
 
#bogus graphics file
#SecFilterSelective HTTP_Content-Disposition "\.php"  "chain,msg:'bogus graphics'"
#SecFilterSelective HTTP_Content-Type "(image/gif|image/jpg|image/png|image/bmp)"
 
# Allow only letters, digits, underscore, and square brackets (for arrays)
# in variable names#
#SecFilterSelective ARGS_NAMES "!^[][a-zA-Z0-9_]+$"
 
#---------------------------------------------
# reject keywords that appear in POST or GET
#=============================================
SecFilterSignatureAction "nolog,auditlog,deny,severity:6,status:403"
 
SecFilterSelective REQUEST_URI  "^/.*/wp-comments-post\.php" "id:50200,msg:'WORDPRESS SPAM bad wp-comments-post location'"
 
<files wp-comments-post.php>
# fail for empty comment fields
SecFilterSelective "ARG_comment_post_ID|ARG_submit" "^$" "id:50300,msg:'WORDPRESS SPAM MISSING comment_post_ID'"
SecFilterSelective "ARG_comment_post_ID" "!^[0-9]{1,6}$" "id:50301,msg:'WORDPRESS SPAM BAD comment_post_ID'"
SecFilterSelective "HTTP_Cookie" "^$" "id:50302,msg:'WORDPRESS SPAM No cookie'"
 
##SecFilterSelective "comment_post_DI" "^$" "id:50310,msg:'WORDPRESS SPAM MISSING comment_post_DI'"
##SecFilterSelective "comment_post_DI" "!^[0-9]{1,2}$" "id:50311,msg:'WORDPRESS SPAM MISSING comment_post_DI'"
</files>
<pre>
 
<h2>MODSEC Continued.. Custom Anti-Spam (WordPress) I made</h2>
<pre>
SecFilterSignatureAction "nolog,noauditlog,deny,severity:6,redirect:http://www.askapache.com/feed/"
SecFilterSelective ARGS|THE_REQUEST "00bp\.com|360\.yahoo|987mb\.com|Ambien|American airline" "id:50010,msg:'SPAM 10'
SecFilterSelective ARGS|THE_REQUEST "Ativan|Caresoprodol|Darvocet|Ephedra|Ephedrine" "id:50011,msg:'SPAM 11'
SecFilterSelective ARGS|THE_REQUEST "Gambling|Lexapro|Tramadol|Venlafaxine" "id:50012,msg:'SPAM 12'
SecFilterSelective ARGS|THE_REQUEST "\[URL=|abgood|acura|acyclovir|adderall" "id:50013,msg:'SPAM 13'
SecFilterSelective ARGS|THE_REQUEST "adipex|alcohol|alprazolam|amateur|amrit" "id:50014,msg:'SPAM 14'
SecFilterSelective ARGS|THE_REQUEST "anal sex|analfinder|angelina jolie|asshole|axspace\.com" "id:50015,msg:'SPAM 15'
SecFilterSelective ARGS|THE_REQUEST "baccarat|bankrupt|bikini|biotic|black jack|blowjob" "id:50016,msg:'SPAM 16'
SecFilterSelective ARGS|THE_REQUEST "blackjack|blog\.360|brutality|buddhism|butalbital" "id:50017,msg:'SPAM 17'
SecFilterSelective ARGS|THE_REQUEST "cadillac|canalis|card credit|card stud|carisoprodol" "id:50018,msg:'SPAM 18'
SecFilterSelective ARGS|THE_REQUEST "carmen|cash advance|cash credit|casino|catch\.com" "id:50019,msg:'SPAM 19'
SecFilterSelective ARGS|THE_REQUEST "celebrex|celexa|cellulite|cheap|cheerleader" "id:50020,msg:'SPAM 20'
SecFilterSelective ARGS|THE_REQUEST "chevrolet|child abuse|cialis|cigarette|cipro" "id:50021,msg:'SPAM 21'
SecFilterSelective ARGS|THE_REQUEST "citroen|claritin|cleavage|clomid|codeine" "id:50022,msg:'SPAM 22'
SecFilterSelective ARGS|THE_REQUEST "consulting23|craps online|credit card|credit debt|crestor" "id:50023,msg:'SPAM 23'
SecFilterSelective ARGS|THE_REQUEST "dealership|debt free|desnudas|diazepam|dick" "id:50024,msg:'SPAM 24'
SecFilterSelective ARGS|THE_REQUEST "dildo|drugstore|earrings|endometrioma|endowment" "id:50025,msg:'SPAM 25'
SecFilterSelective ARGS|THE_REQUEST "erotic|estrogen|fioricet|francaise|freehost\.com" "id:50026,msg:'SPAM 26'
SecFilterSelective ARGS|THE_REQUEST "freehostia|freemb\.com|fuck|geocities\.com|hacking myspace" "id:50027,msg:'SPAM 27'
SecFilterSelective ARGS|THE_REQUEST "holdem|honda|hotels|hydrocodone|hypnotic" "id:50028,msg:'SPAM 28'
SecFilterSelective ARGS|THE_REQUEST "hyundai|implants|incest|instant approval|insurance" "id:50029,msg:'SPAM 29'
SecFilterSelective ARGS|THE_REQUEST "interracial|jaguar|jenny movie|johanson|kasino" "id:50030,msg:'SPAM 30'
SecFilterSelective ARGS|THE_REQUEST "lesbian|levitra|lipitor|loan|lolita" "id:50031,msg:'SPAM 31'
SecFilterSelective ARGS|THE_REQUEST "lorazepam|lorcet|lyrics|madamic|majorette" "id:50032,msg:'SPAM 32'
SecFilterSelective ARGS|THE_REQUEST "malaria|mastercar|masturbate|masturbation|maturewomen" "id:50033,msg:'SPAM 33'
SecFilterSelective ARGS|THE_REQUEST "mazda|medication|medicine|megsfree5\.com|mercedes" "id:50034,msg:'SPAM 34'
SecFilterSelective ARGS|THE_REQUEST "meridia|metformin|mitsubishi|mortgage|myspace profile" "id:50035,msg:'SPAM 35'
SecFilterSelective ARGS|THE_REQUEST "naked|neocool|nexium|nimire\.com|nissan" "id:50036,msg:'SPAM 36'
SecFilterSelective ARGS|THE_REQUEST "nokia|nude|nudism|nymph|open toe" "id:50037,msg:'SPAM 37'
SecFilterSelective ARGS|THE_REQUEST "oprodol|orgasm|oxycodone|oxycontin|packages" "id:50038,msg:'SPAM 38'
SecFilterSelective ARGS|THE_REQUEST "painrelief|pantyhose|paxil|payday|penis" "id:50039,msg:'SPAM 39'
SecFilterSelective ARGS|THE_REQUEST "percocet|pharmacy|phentermine|phetermine|phpbb_root" "id:50040,msg:'SPAM 40'
SecFilterSelective ARGS|THE_REQUEST "pictaboo|pictorial|pills|pissing|play craps" "id:50041,msg:'SPAM 41'
SecFilterSelective ARGS|THE_REQUEST "playgirl|pocker web|poker|pontiac|poquer" "id:50042,msg:'SPAM 42'
SecFilterSelective ARGS|THE_REQUEST "porn|pounder|prescription|preteen|prevacid" "id:50043,msg:'SPAM 43'
SecFilterSelective ARGS|THE_REQUEST "price1|prilosec|propecia|proza|prozac" "id:50044,msg:'SPAM 44'
SecFilterSelective ARGS|THE_REQUEST "puddled|pussy|refinance|rentals|replica" "id:50045,msg:'SPAM 45'
SecFilterSelective ARGS|THE_REQUEST "ringtones|roulette|screensaver|seduced|sexual" "id:50046,msg:'SPAM 46'
SecFilterSelective ARGS|THE_REQUEST "sexy|shemale|shiloh|singulair|site-host" "id:50047,msg:'SPAM 47'
SecFilterSelective ARGS|THE_REQUEST "slot machine|slot maschine|slots machine|solpip\.com|soma" "id:50048,msg:'SPAM 48'
SecFilterSelective ARGS|THE_REQUEST "sperm|starlets|supplier|suzuki|tadalafil" "id:50049,msg:'SPAM 49'
SecFilterSelective ARGS|THE_REQUEST "toyota|tylenol|ultram|valium|viagra" "id:50050,msg:'SPAM 50'
SecFilterSelective ARGS|THE_REQUEST "vigora|vioxx|wallpaper|warez|webcam" "id:50051,msg:'SPAM 51'
SecFilterSelective ARGS|THE_REQUEST "webpages\.com|wellbutrin|whitesluts|wholesale|whore" "id:50052,msg:'SPAM 52'
SecFilterSelective ARGS|THE_REQUEST "windshield|xanax|xenical|y lohan|yourgirls" "id:50053,msg:'SPAM 53'
SecFilterSelective ARGS|THE_REQUEST "youtube\.com|zantac|sex offenders|hotgay|Zoloft|celtic women" "id:50054,msg:'SPAM 54'
SecFilterSelective ARGS|THE_REQUEST "dollhouse|freehot|kardashian|oralsex" "id:50055,msg:'SPAM 55'
SecFilterSelective ARGS|THE_REQUEST "freeimghost" "id:50056,msg:'SPAM 56'

Unreleased AskApache Lightning code - caching plugin for WordPress

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
 
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/(stats/|missing\.html|failed_auth\.html|test/).* [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{ENV:REDIRECT_STATUS} =200
RewriteRule .* - [L]
 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !=www.askapache.com
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !=z.askapache.com
RewriteRule .? http://www.askapache.com%{REQUEST_URI}%{QUERY_STRING} [R=301,L]
 
#RewriteCond %{HTTPS} =on
#RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} !^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /(wp-login.php|wp-admin)(.*)\ HTTP/ [NC]
#RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /(.*)\ HTTP/ [NC]
#RewriteRule .* http://www.askapache.com/$1 [R=301,L]
 
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /(.+)%20(.+)\ HTTP/ [NC]
RewriteRule .* http://www.askapache.com/%1-%2 [R=301,L]
 
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^GET\ /valid-html/.*\ HTTP/ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?://www.askapache.com(.+).*$ [NC]
RewriteRule .* http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http://www.askapache.com%1;ss=1;outline=1;debug [R=307,L,NE]
 
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^GET\ /valid-css/.*\ HTTP/ [NC]
RewriteRule .* http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/validator?uri=z.askapache.com/z/c/apache-10.css [R=301,L]
 
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^GET\ /search/.*\ HTTP/ [NC]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^s=(.+)$ [NC]
RewriteRule .* http://www.askapache.com/search/%1? [R=302,L]
 
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/X%{REQUEST_URI}index.html -f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /X%{REQUEST_URI}index.html [L]
 
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/X%{REQUEST_URI} -f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /X%{REQUEST_URI} [L]

Passing Parameters to CGI through HTTP Headers

This deserves a note.. this trick lets you bypass so many hosting environment restrictions it's not even funny... like you can run bash as your webserver instead of apache! (kinda...)

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/cgi-bin/(hash|java)\.cgi$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP:P3P} ^(([^:]+):(.+))$ [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_JS:%{HTTP:P3P},E=HTTP_US:%2,E=HTTP_PA:%3]

Redirect to FeedBurner

Yes.. I was the first to do this (parse the real rewrites internally in wordpress for no bypassing possibilities)... 

#RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/feed/.*?$ [NC,OR]
#RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?://www.askapache.com/wp-admin(.+).*$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} FeedBurner [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [S=1]
 
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom).* [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/wp-(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom).* [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} ^.*/(wp-atom|wp-feed|wp-rdf|wp-rss|wp-rss2)\.php$ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} ^.*/wp-includes/feed[^\.]*\.php$ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} .*(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom).* [NC]
RewriteRule .* http://feeds.askapache.com/apache/htaccess? [R=302,L]

More Unreleased Caching Tests

# +ASKAPACHE CRAZYCACHE 2.3
#######################################################
#               __                          __
#   ____ ______/ /______ _____  ____ ______/ /_  ___
#  / __ `/ ___/ //_/ __ `/ __ \/ __ `/ ___/ __ \/ _ \
# / /_/ (__  ) ,< / /_/ / /_/ / /_/ / /__/ / / /  __/
# \__,_/____/_/|_|\__,_/ .___/\__,_/\___/_/ /_/\___/
#                     /_/
# - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
# +ACACHE RULES
# +RULE
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^(GET|HEAD)\ //?(.+)\.rdf\ HTTP/ [NC]
RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/wp-cache/%2.html/index.rdf -f
RewriteRule ^(.+)\.rdf$ /wp-cache/%2.html/index.rdf [L,S=3]
 
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !^.*cacheit.* [NC]
#RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} W3C_Validator [OR,NC]
#RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} = [OR]
 
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} =POST [OR]
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} nocache [OR]
RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} = [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_COOKIE} ^.*wordpress_logged_in_.*$ [NC]
RewriteRule .+ - [S=2]
 
RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/wp-cache%{REQUEST_URI} !-d
RewriteRule .+ - [S=1]
 
RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/wp-cache%{REQUEST_URI}/index.html -f
RewriteRule .+ /wp-cache%{REQUEST_URI}/index.html [L]
# -RULE
# -ACACHE RULES
# - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
#               __                          __
#   ____ ______/ /______ _____  ____ ______/ /_  ___
#  / __ `/ ___/ //_/ __ `/ __ \/ __ `/ ___/ __ \/ _ \
# / /_/ (__  ) ,< / /_/ / /_/ / /_/ / /__/ / / /  __/
# \__,_/____/_/|_|\__,_/ .___/\__,_/\___/_/ /_/\___/
#                     /_/
#######################################################
# -ASKAPACHE CRAZYCACHE 2.3
 
# +ASKAPACHE CRAZYCACHE 2.3
#######################################################
#               __                          __
#   ____ ______/ /______ _____  ____ ______/ /_  ___
#  / __ `/ ___/ //_/ __ `/ __ \/ __ `/ ___/ __ \/ _ \
# / /_/ (__  ) ,< / /_/ / /_/ / /_/ / /__/ / / /  __/
# \__,_/____/_/|_|\__,_/ .___/\__,_/\___/_/ /_/\___/
#                     /_/
# - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
# +ACACHE RULES
# +RULE
FileETag None
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html
 
AddType 'text/html; charset=UTF-8' .html
 
Header set P3P "policyref=\"http://www.askapache.com/w3c/p3p.xml\""
Header set X-Pingback "http://www.askapache.com/xmlrpc.php"
Header set Content-Language "en-US"
Header set Vary "Accept-Encoding,Accept"
 
<ifModule mod_expires.c>
ExpiresActive On
ExpiresDefault M7200
</ifModule>
# -RULE
# -ACACHE RULES
# - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
#               __                          __
#   ____ ______/ /______ _____  ____ ______/ /_  ___
#  / __ `/ ___/ //_/ __ `/ __ \/ __ `/ ___/ __ \/ _ \
# / /_/ (__  ) ,< / /_/ / /_/ / /_/ / /__/ / / /  __/
# \__,_/____/_/|_|\__,_/ .___/\__,_/\___/_/ /_/\___/
#                     /_/
#######################################################
# -ASKAPACHE CRAZYCACHE 2.3
 
Options +IndexesOptions +FollowSymLinks
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php .php
 
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !^tyy+$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{REMOTE_USER} ^(.+)$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1/-%1 [R=302,L]
Options +FollowSymLinks
DirectoryIndex index.php
ErrorDocument 404 /cgi-bin/pro/index.php
 
AuthName "Protection"
AuthUserFile /home/askapache/sites/askapache.com/.htpasswda1
AuthGroupFile /dev/null
AuthType Basic
Require valid-user
Satisfy Any
 
<ifModule mod_security.c>
SecFilterEngine Off
</ifModule>
Options +ExecCGI -Indexes -Includes +FollowSymLinks
Order Deny,Allow
Deny from All
Allow from 208.113.134.190 64.111.114.111  env=REDIRECT_STATUS
 
#SetEnvIf Remote_Addr ^$ MODSEC_ENABLE=Off
#SetEnvIf Server_Addr ^$ MODSEC_ENABLE=Off
#SetEnvIf Remote_Addr ^({SERVER_ADDR}e)$ GOOD=$1
#SetEnvIf Server_Addr GOOD R

Default HTACCESS

#
# Directives controlling the display of server-generated directory listings.
#
# Required modules: mod_autoindex, mod_alias
#
# To see the listing of a directory, the Options directive for the
# directory must include "Indexes", and the directory must not contain
# a file matching those listed in the DirectoryIndex directive.
#
Options +Indexes +MultiViews -ExecCGI +FollowSymLinks
DirectoryIndex index.html
 
#
#
# IndexOptions: Controls the appearance of server-generated directory
# listings.
#
IndexOptions FancyIndexing IconHeight=22 IconWidth=20 IgnoreClient NameWidth=* DescriptionWidth=* ScanHTMLTitles SuppressLastModified XHTML FoldersFirst SuppressHTMLPreamble
 
#
# AddIcon* directives tell the server which icon to show for different
# files or filename extensions.  These are only displayed for
# FancyIndexed directories.
#
 
AddIconByEncoding (CMP,http://z.askapache.com/i/s/compressed.gif) x-compress x-gzip
 
AddIconByType (IMG,http://z.askapache.com/i/s/image.gif) image/*
AddIconByType (SND,http://z.askapache.com/i/s/sound2.gif) audio/*
AddIconByType (TXT,http://z.askapache.com/i/s/text.gif) text/*
AddIconByType (VID,http://z.askapache.com/i/s/movie.gif) video/*
 
AddIcon http://z.askapache.com/i/s/hand.right.gif README
AddIcon http://z.askapache.com/i/s/folder.gif ^^DIRECTORY^^
AddIcon http://z.askapache.com/i/s/dir.png ^^DIRECTORY^^
AddIcon http://z.askapache.com/i/s/blank.gif ^^BLANKICON^^
AddDescription "100 Continue" 100* 100/index.html
AddDescription "101 Switching Protocols" 101* 101/index.html
AddDescription "102 Processing" 102* 102/index.html
AddDescription "200 OK" 200* 200/index.html
AddDescription "201 Created" 201* 201/index.html
AddDescription "202 Accepted" 202* 202/index.html
AddDescription "203 Non-Authoritative Information" 203* 203/index.html
AddDescription "204 No Content" 204* 204/index.html
AddDescription "205 Reset Content" 205* 205/index.html
AddDescription "206 Partial Content" 206* 206/index.html
AddDescription "207 Multi-Status" 207* 207/index.html
AddDescription "300 Multiple Choices" 300* 300/index.html
AddDescription "301 Moved Permanently" 301* 301/index.html
AddDescription "302 Found" 302* 302/index.html
AddDescription "303 See Other" 303* 303/index.html
AddDescription "304 Not Modified" 304* 304/index.html
AddDescription "305 Use Proxy" 305* 305/index.html
AddDescription "306 unused" 306* 306/index.html
AddDescription "307 Temporary Redirect" 307* 307/index.html
AddDescription "400 Bad Request" 400* 400/index.html
AddDescription "401 Authorization Required" 401* 401/index.html
AddDescription "402 Payment Required" 402* 402/index.html
AddDescription "403 Forbidden" 403* 403/index.html
AddDescription "404 Not Found" 404* 404/index.html
AddDescription "405 Method Not Allowed" 405* 405/index.html
AddDescription "406 Not Acceptable" 406* 406/index.html
AddDescription "407 Proxy Authentication Required" 407* 407/index.html
AddDescription "408 Request Time-out" 408* 408/index.html
AddDescription "409 Conflict" 409* 409/index.html
AddDescription "410 Gone" 410* 410/index.html
AddDescription "411 Length Required" 411* 411/index.html
AddDescription "412 Precondition Failed" 412* 412/index.html
AddDescription "413 Request Entity Too Large" 413* 413/index.html
AddDescription "414 Request-URI Too Large" 414* 414/index.html
AddDescription "415 Unsupported Media Type" 415* 415/index.html
AddDescription "416 Requested Range Not Satisfiable" 416* 416/index.html
AddDescription "417 Expectation Failed" 417* 417/index.html
AddDescription "418 unused" 418* 418/index.html
AddDescription "419 unused" 419* 419/index.html
AddDescription "420 unused" 420* 420/index.html
AddDescription "421 unused" 421* 421/index.html
AddDescription "422 Unprocessable Entity" 422* 422/index.html
AddDescription "423 Locked" 423* 423/index.html
AddDescription "424 Failed Dependency" 424* 424/index.html
AddDescription "425 No code" 425* 425/index.html
AddDescription "426 Upgrade Required" 426* 426/index.html
AddDescription "500 Internal Server Error" 500* 500/index.html
AddDescription "501 Method Not Implemented" 501* 501/index.html
AddDescription "502 Bad Gateway" 502* 502/index.html
AddDescription "503 Service Temporarily Unavailable" 503* 503/index.html
AddDescription "504 Gateway Time-out" 504* 504/index.html
AddDescription "505 HTTP Version Not Supported" 505* 505/index.html
AddDescription "506 Variant Also Negotiates" 506* 506/index.html
AddDescription "507 Insufficient Storage" 507* 507/index.html
AddDescription "508 unused" 508* 508/index.html
AddDescription "509 unused" 509* 509/index.html
AddDescription "510 Not Extended" 510* 510/index.html
AddDescription ".htaccess ErrorDocuments" *
 
#
# HeaderName is the name of a file which should be prepended to
# directory indexes.
ReadmeName /X/error/README.html
HeaderName /X/error/HEADER.html
 
# DefaultIcon is which icon to show for where none is explicitly set.
DefaultIcon http://z.askapache.com/i/s/generic.gif

Ok I'm done commenting..

#
# IndexIgnore is a set of filenames which directory indexing should ignore
# and not include in the listing.  Shell-style wildcarding is permitted.
#
IndexIgnore .??*  *_notes *~
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on [NC]
RewriteRule .* https://www.askapache.com%{REQUEST_URI}
RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization},E=REMOTE_USER:%{HTTP:Authorization}]
 
#RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} openid.mode=authorize
#RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/openid.*$ [NC]
#RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization},E=REMOTE_USER:%{HTTP:Authorization}]
Options +FollowSymLinks
DirectoryIndex index.html
 
#SetEnvIfNoCase ^Cookie$ "(.*)" HTTP_MY_COOKIE=$1
#SetEnvIfNoCase Remote_Addr "(.*)" HTTP_MY_REMOTE_ADDR=$1
ExpiresActive Off
FileETag None
Header unset Connection
Header set Connection "close"
Header unset Last-Modified
Header unset ETag
Header unset Accept-Ranges
Header unset Vary
Header unset Content-Type
Header unset X-Pingback
Header unset P3P
#Header add RouterBits "%D %t"
#Header add Location "http://www.askapache.com/feed/"
#Header add Found "http://askapache.com/feed/"
#Header add Content-Location "http://www.askapache.com/feed/"
#Header add Refresh "http://www.askapache.com/feed/"
#Header set Hi "%{HTTP_MY_REMOTE_ADDR}e"
### Section 1: Global Environment
#
# The directives in this section affect the overall operation of Apache,
# such as the number of concurrent requests it can handle or where it
# can find its configuration files.
#
#
# TZ: Your address, where problems with the server should be
# e-mailed.  This address appears on some server-generated pages, such
# as error documents.  e.g. admin@your-domain.com
#
SetEnv TZ America/Indianapolis
 
#
# ServerAdmin: Your address, where problems with the server should be
# e-mailed.  This address appears on some server-generated pages, such
# as error documents.  e.g. admin@your-domain.com
#
SetEnv SERVER_ADMIN webmaster@askapache.com
 
#
# Possible values for the Options directive are "None", "All",
# or any combination of:
#   Indexes Includes FollowSymLinks SymLinksifOwnerMatch ExecCGI MultiViews
#
# The Options directive is both complicated and important.  Please see
# http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/core.html#options
# for more information.
#
Options  +FollowSymLinks -ExecCGI -Indexes -Includes -MultiViews
 
#
# DirectoryIndex: sets the file that Apache will serve if a directory
# is requested.
#
DirectoryIndex index.html index.php /index.php
 
#
# The following lines prevent .htaccess and .htpasswd files from being
# viewed by Web clients.
#
<filesMatch "^\.ht">
    Order allow,deny
    Deny from all
  Satisfy All
</filesMatch>
 
#
# DefaultType: the default MIME type the server will use for a document
# if it cannot otherwise determine one, such as from filename extensions.
# If your server contains mostly text or HTML documents, "text/plain" is
# a good value.  If most of your content is binary, such as applications
# or images, you may want to use "application/octet-stream" instead to
# keep browsers from trying to display binary files as though they are
# text.
#
DefaultType text/html
 
#
# Optionally add a line containing the server version and virtual host
# name to server-generated pages (internal error documents, FTP directory
# listings, mod_status and mod_info output etc., but not CGI generated
# documents or custom error documents).
# Set to "EMail" to also include a mailto: link to the ServerAdmin.
# Set to one of:  On | Off | EMail
#
ServerSignature Off
 
##############################################
#           HEADERS and CACHING              #
##############################################
Header unset Pragma
Header unset Last-Modified
FileETag None
 
Redirect 400 /e/400
Redirect 401 /e/401
Redirect 402 /e/402
Redirect 403 /e/403
Redirect 404 /e/404
Redirect 405 /e/405
Redirect 406 /e/406
Redirect 407 /e/407
Redirect 408 /e/408
Redirect 409 /e/409
Redirect 410 /e/410
Redirect 411 /e/411
Redirect 412 /e/412
Redirect 413 /e/413
Redirect 414 /e/414
Redirect 415 /e/415
Redirect 416 /e/416
Redirect 417 /e/417
Redirect 418 /e/418
Redirect 419 /e/419
Redirect 420 /e/420
Redirect 421 /e/421
Redirect 422 /e/422
Redirect 423 /e/423
Redirect 424 /e/424
Redirect 425 /e/425
Redirect 426 /e/426
Redirect 500 /e/500
Redirect 501 /e/501
Redirect 502 /e/502
Redirect 503 /e/503
Redirect 504 /e/504
Redirect 505 /e/505
Redirect 506 /e/506
Redirect 507 /e/507
Redirect 508 /e/508
Redirect 509 /e/509
Redirect 510 /e/510
 
#
# Redirect allows you to tell clients about documents which used to exist in
# your server's namespace, but do not anymore. This allows you to tell the
# clients where to look for the relocated document.
##############################################
#          PERMANENT REDIRECTS               #
##############################################
Redirect 301 /12-lessons-for-those-afraid-of-css.html http://www.askapache.com/css/12-lessons-for-those-afraid-of-css.html
Redirect 301 /2006/htaccess/htaccesselite-ultimate-htaccess-article.html http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/apache-htaccess.html
Redirect 301 /2007/phpbb/sending-post-form-data-with-php-curl.html http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/sending-post-form-data-with-php-curl.html
Redirect 301 /2007/webmaster/custom-phpini-with-fastcgi-on-dreamhost.html http://www.askapache.com/dreamhost/custom-phpini-with-fastcgi-on-dreamhost.html
Redirect 301 /2007/webmaster/custom-phpini-with-fastcgi-on-dreamhost.html http://www.askapache.com/dreamhost/custom-phpini-with-fastcgi-on-dreamhost.html
Redirect 301 /2007/webmaster/php-and-ajax-shell-console.html http://www.askapache.com/tools/php-and-ajax-shell-console.html
Redirect 301 /27-request-methods-for-use-with-apache-and-rewritecond-and-htaccess.html http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/27-request-methods-for-use-with-apache-and-rewritecond-and-htaccess.html
Redirect 301 /404-google-wordpress-plugin.html http://www.askapache.com/seo/404-google-wordpress-plugin.html
Redirect 301 /503-service-temporarily-unavailable.html http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/503-service-temporarily-unavailable.html
Redirect 301 /Overview-about.rdf http://www.askapache.com/askapache-home.rdf
Redirect 301 /abbr-acronym.html http://www.askapache.com/xhtml/abbr-acronym.html
Redirect 301 /adsense-robots.html http://www.askapache.com/google/adsense-robots.html
Redirect 301 /alexa-toolbar-firefox.html http://www.askapache.com/tools/alexa-toolbar-firefox.html
Redirect 301 /allowing-access-from-1-static-ip-and-deny-the-rest.html http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/apache-htaccess.html
Redirect 301 /anti-virus-spyware-rootkit.html http://www.askapache.com/security/anti-virus-spyware-rootkit.html
Redirect 301 /apache-ssl-in-htaccess-examples.html http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/apache-ssl-in-htaccess-examples.html
Redirect 301 /awk-tutorial.html http://www.askapache.com/awk/awk-tutorial.html
Redirect 301 /best-adsense-optimization.html http://www.askapache.com/wordpress/best-adsense-optimization.html
Redirect 301 /commonly-used-htaccess-code-examples.html http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/commonly-used-htaccess-code-examples.html
Redirect 301 /css-background-image-sprite.html http://www.askapache.com/css/css-background-image-sprite.html
Redirect 301 /css-browser-screenshots.html http://www.askapache.com/tools/css-browser-screenshots.html
Redirect 301 /css-class-example.html http://www.askapache.com/css/css-class-example.html
Redirect 301 /curl-multi-downloads.html http://www.askapache.com/php/curl-multi-downloads.html
Redirect 301 /custom-boot-menu-in-windows-xp.html http://www.askapache.com/windows/custom-boot-menu-in-windows-xp.html
Redirect 301 /donate http://www.dreamhost.com/donate.cgi?id=8261
Redirect 301 /donate/ http://www.dreamhost.com/donate.cgi?id=8261
Redirect 301 /htaccess.txt http://z.askapache.com/p/htaccess.txt
Redirect 301 /htaccess/404-errorpages.html http://www.askapache.com/seo/google-ajax-search-seo-tips.html
Redirect 301 /htaccess/feedsmith http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/feedsmith-htaccess.html
Redirect 301 /htaccess/http-status-codes.html http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/apache-status-code-headers-errordocument.html
Redirect 301 /htaccess/instruct-search-engines-to-come-back-to-site-after-you-finish-working-on-it.html http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/503-service-temporarily-unavailable.html
Redirect 301 /htaccess/speed-up-the-apache-web-server-with-configuration-hacks.html http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/apache-web-server-speed-configuration-hacks.html
Redirect 301 /instruct-search-engines-to-come-back-to-site-after-you-finish-working-on-it.html http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/503-service-temporarily-unavailable.html
Redirect 301 /security/bypassing-vlan.html http://www.askapache.com/security/hacking-vlan-switched-networks.html
Redirect 301 /security/bypassing-vlanbypassing-vlan.html http://www.askapache.com/security/hacking-vlan-switched-networks.html
Redirect 301 /security/rigging-the-dreamhost-site-of-the-month-contest.html http://www.askapache.com/dreamhost/rigging-the-dreamhost-site-of-the-month-contest.html
Redirect 301 /seo/tailrankcom-robot.html http://www.askapache.com/seo/tailrank-robot.html
Redirect 301 /webmaster/caching-tutorial-for-webmasters.html http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/caching-tutorial-for-webmasters.html
Redirect 301 /webmaster/lft-traceroute-tool.html http://www.askapache.com/tools/lft-traceroute-tool.html
 
##############################################
#          PERMANENT REDIRECTMATCH           #
##############################################
#RedirectMatch 301 ^/&(.*)$ http://www.askapache.com/
RedirectMatch 301 ^/&amp(.*)$ http://www.askapache.com/
RedirectMatch 301 ^/([^/]+)//$ http://www.askapache.com/$1/
RedirectMatch 301 ^/(.+)/htaccesselite-ultimate-htaccess-article.html(.*) http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/apache-htaccess.html
RedirectMatch 301 ^/(.+)\.html/([a-z][a-z])/$ http://www.askapache.com/$1.html
RedirectMatch 301 ^/([\(]+)(.*)$ http://www.askapache.com/
RedirectMatch 301 ^/([^9]*)9O1X.3y(.*)/(.*)$ http://www.askapache.com/$2
RedirectMatch 301 ^/.3y(.*)$ http://www.askapache.com/
RedirectMatch 301 ^/200([0-9])/([0-9])(.*)$ http://www.askapache.com/top-100/
RedirectMatch 301 ^/200([0-9])/([^01])(.*)$ http://www.askapache.com/$2$3
RedirectMatch 301 ^/about/glossary(.*)$ http://www.askapache.com/glossary$1
RedirectMatch 301 ^/apache-speed(.*)$ http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/apache-speed$1
RedirectMatch 301 ^/category/(.+)$ http://www.askapache.com/$1
RedirectMatch 301 ^/docs/(.*)$ http://askapache.info/$1
RedirectMatch 301 ^/htaccess/feedsmith-htaccess(.*) http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/redirecting-wordpress-feeds-to-feedburner.html
RedirectMatch 301 ^/robots-txt(.*)$ http://www.askapache.com/robots.txt
#RedirectMatch 301 ^/wp-content/uploads/(.*)$ http://z.askapache.com/uploads/$1
RedirectMatch 301 ^/z/(.+)$ http://z.askapache.com/$1
RedirectMatch 301 ^/(z|t|i|j|c|p)/(.*)$ http://z.askapache.com/$1/$2
RedirectMatch 301 ^/hosting/?$ http://www.askapache.com/hosting/
 
##############################################
#          TEMPORARY REDIRECTMATCH           #
##############################################
RedirectMatch 307 ^/getflash/?$ http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash
RedirectMatch 307 ^/dream/?$ http://www.askapache.com/dreamhost/
RedirectMatch 307 ^/(cse|apachecse|apachecsetest|apachesearch)/?$ http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=002660089121042511758%3Akk7rwc2gx0i
 
#
# Commonly used filename extensions to character sets. You probably
# want to avoid clashes with the language extensions, unless you
# are good at carefully testing your setup after each change.
# See http://www.iana.org/assignments/character-sets for the
# official list of charset names and their respective RFCs.
#
AddDefaultCharset UTF-8
 
#
# AddType allows you to add to or override the MIME configuration
# file mime.types for specific file types.
#
#
AddType 'application/rdf+xml; charset=UTF-8' .rdf
AddType 'application/xhtml+xml; charset=UTF-8' .xhtml
AddType 'application/xhtml+xml; charset=UTF-8' .xhtml.gz
AddType 'text/html; charset=UTF-8' .html
AddType 'text/html; charset=UTF-8' .html.gz
AddType application/octet-stream .rar .chm .bz2 .tgz .msi .pdf .exe
AddType application/vnd.ms-excel .csv
AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps
AddType application/x-pilot .prc .pdb
AddType application/x-shockwave-flash .swf
AddType application/xrds+xml .xrdf
AddType text/plain .ini .sh .bsh .bash .awk .nawk .gawk .csh .var .c .in .h .asc .md5 .sha .sha1
AddType video/x-flv .flv
 
#
# AddEncoding allows you to have certain browsers uncompress
# information on the fly. Note: Not all browsers support this.
# Despite the name similarity, the following Add* directives have nothing
# to do with the FancyIndexing customization directives above.
#
AddEncoding x-compress .Z
AddEncoding x-gzip .gz .tgz
 
#
# AddHandler allows you to map certain file extensions to "handlers":
# actions unrelated to filetype. These can be either built into the server
# or added with the Action directive (see below)
#
# To use CGI scripts outside of ScriptAliased directories:
# (You will also need to add "ExecCGI" to the "Options" directive.)
#
AddHandler php-cgi .php
 
#
# Action lets you define media types that will execute a script whenever
# a matching file is called. This eliminates the need for repeated URL
# pathnames for oft-used CGI file processors.
# Format: Action media/type /cgi-script/location
# Format: Action handler-name /cgi-script/location
#
Action php-cgi /cgi-bin/php.cgi
 
#
# Customizable error responses come in three flavors:
# 1) plain text 2) local redirects 3) external redirects
#
#100 Continue
#101 Switching Protocols
#102 Processing
#200 OK
#201 Created
#202 Accepted
#203 Non-Authoritative Information
#204 No Content
#205 Reset Content
#206 Partial Content
#207 Multi-Status
#300 Multiple Choices
#301 Moved Permanently
#302 Found
#303 See Other
#304 Not Modified
#305 Use Proxy
#306 unused
#307 Temporary Redirect
#400 Bad Request
#401 Authorization Required
#402 Payment Required
#403 Forbidden
#404 Not Found
#405 Method Not Allowed
#406 Not Acceptable
#407 Proxy Authentication Required
#408 Request Time-out
#409 Conflict
#410 Gone
#411 Length Required
#412 Precondition Failed
#413 Request Entity Too Large
#414 Request-URI Too Large
#415 Unsupported Media Type
#416 Requested Range Not Satisfiable
#417 Expectation Failed
#418 unused
#419 unused
#420 unused
#421 unused
#422 Unprocessable Entity
#423 Locked
#424 Failed Dependency
#425 No code
#426 Upgrade Required
#500 Internal Server Error
#501 Method Not Implemented
#502 Bad Gateway
#503 Service Temporarily Unavailable
#504 Gateway Time-out
#505 HTTP Version Not Supported
#506 Variant Also Negotiates
#507 Insufficient Storage
#508 unused
#509 unused
#510 Not Extended
 
#ErrorDocument 100 /X/err/1/HTTP_CONTINUE.html
#ErrorDocument 101 /X/err/1/HTTP_SWITCHING_PROTOCOLS.html
#ErrorDocument 102 /X/err/1/HTTP_PROCESSING.html
 
#ErrorDocument 200 /X/err/2/HTTP_OK.html
#ErrorDocument 201 /X/err/2/HTTP_CREATED.html
#ErrorDocument 202 /X/err/2/HTTP_ACCEPTED.html
#ErrorDocument 203 /X/err/2/HTTP_NON_AUTHORITATIVE.html
#ErrorDocument 204 /X/err/2/HTTP_NO_CONTENT.html
#ErrorDocument 205 /X/err/2/HTTP_RESET_CONTENT.html
#ErrorDocument 206 /X/err/2/HTTP_PARTIAL_CONTENT.html
#ErrorDocument 207 /X/err/2/HTTP_MULTI_STATUS.html
 
#ErrorDocument 300 /X/err/HTTP_MULTIPLE_CHOICES.html
#ErrorDocument 301 /X/err/HTTP_MOVED_PERMANENTLY.html
#ErrorDocument 302 /X/err/HTTP_MOVED_TEMPORARILY.html
#ErrorDocument 303 /X/err/HTTP_SEE_OTHER.html
#ErrorDocument 304 /X/err/HTTP_NOT_MODIFIED.html
#ErrorDocument 305 /X/err/HTTP_USE_PROXY.html
#ErrorDocument 307 /X/err/HTTP_TEMPORARY_REDIRECT.html
#ErrorDocument 404 /X/err/HTTP_NOT_FOUND.html
 
ErrorDocument 400 /X/err/4/HTTP_BAD_REQUEST.html
ErrorDocument 401 /X/err/4/HTTP_UNAUTHORIZED.html
ErrorDocument 402 /X/err/4/HTTP_PAYMENT_REQUIRED.html
ErrorDocument 403 /X/err/4/HTTP_FORBIDDEN.html
ErrorDocument 405 /X/err/4/HTTP_METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED.html
ErrorDocument 406 /X/err/4/HTTP_NOT_ACCEPTABLE.html
ErrorDocument 407 /X/err/4/HTTP_PROXY_AUTHENTICATION_REQUIRED.html
ErrorDocument 408 /X/err/4/HTTP_REQUEST_TIME_OUT.html
ErrorDocument 409 /X/err/4/HTTP_CONFLICT.html
ErrorDocument 410 /X/err/4/HTTP_GONE.html
ErrorDocument 411 /X/err/4/HTTP_LENGTH_REQUIRED.html
ErrorDocument 412 /X/err/4/HTTP_PRECONDITION_FAILED.html
ErrorDocument 413 /X/err/4/HTTP_REQUEST_ENTITY_TOO_LARGE.html
ErrorDocument 414 /X/err/4/HTTP_REQUEST_URI_TOO_LARGE.html
ErrorDocument 415 /X/err/4/TTP_UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE.html
ErrorDocument 416 /X/err/4/HTTP_RANGE_NOT_SATISFIABLE.html
ErrorDocument 417 /X/err/4/HTTP_EXPECTATION_FAILED.html
ErrorDocument 422 /X/err/4/HTTP_UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY.html
ErrorDocument 423 /X/err/4/HTTP_LOCKED.html
ErrorDocument 424 /X/err/4/HTTP_FAILED_DEPENDENCY.html
ErrorDocument 426 /X/err/4/HTTP_UPGRADE_REQUIRED.html
 
ErrorDocument 500 /X/err/5/HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR.html
ErrorDocument 501 /X/err/5/HTTP_NOT_IMPLEMENTED.html
ErrorDocument 502 /X/err/5/HTTP_BAD_GATEWAY.html
ErrorDocument 503 /X/err/5/HTTP_SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE.html
ErrorDocument 504 /X/err/5/HTTP_GATEWAY_TIME_OUT.html
ErrorDocument 505 /X/err/5/HTTP_VERSION_NOT_SUPPORTED.html
ErrorDocument 506 /X/err/5/HTTP_VARIANT_ALSO_VARIES.html
ErrorDocument 507 /X/err/5/HTTP_INSUFFICIENT_STORAGE.html
ErrorDocument 510 /X/err/5/HTTP_NOT_EXTENDED.html
ErrorDocument 404 /index.php?error=404
 
# 1 YEAR
<filesMatch "\.(ico|pdf|flv|jpg|jpeg|png|gif|swf)$">
Header unset P3P
Header set Cache-Control "public"
Header set Expires "Thu, 15 Apr 2010 20:00:00 GMT"
</filesMatch>
 
# 2 HOURS
<filesMatch "\.(html|htm|xml|txt|xsl)$">
<ifModule mod_expires.c>
ExpiresActive On
ExpiresDefault A3600
</ifModule>
</filesMatch>
 
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
 
RewriteCond %{ENV:REDIRECT_STATUS} =200
RewriteRule .* - [L]
 
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} !^(GET|HEAD) [OR]
#RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !^$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_COOKIE} ^.*(comment_author_|wordpress|wp-postpass_).*$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ - [S=6]
 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} .*W3C_Validator.* [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP:Accept-Encoding} gzip [NC]
RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/wp-content/cache/aa/$1/index.xhtml.gz -f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /wp-content/cache/aa/$1/index.xhtml.gz [L,S=5]
 
RewriteCond %{HTTP:Accept} application/xhtml\+xml [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP:Accept-Encoding} gzip [NC]
RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/wp-content/cache/aa/$1/index.xhtml.gz -f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /wp-content/cache/aa/$1/index.xhtml.gz [L,S=4]
 
RewriteCond %{HTTP:Accept-Encoding} gzip [NC]
RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/wp-content/cache/aa/$1/index.html.gz -f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /wp-content/cache/aa/$1/index.html.gz [L,S=3]
 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} .*W3C_Validator.* [NC]
RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/wp-content/cache/aa/$1/index.xhtml -f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /wp-content/cache/aa/$1/index.xhtml [L,S=2]
 
RewriteCond %{HTTP:Accept} application/xhtml\+xml [NC]
RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/wp-content/cache/aa/$1/index.xhtml -f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /wp-content/cache/aa/$1/index.xhtml [L,S=1]
 
RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/wp-content/cache/aa/$1/index.html -f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /wp-content/cache/aa/$1/index.html [L]
 
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /(.+)\.rdf\ HTTP/ [NC]
RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/wp-content/rdf/%1.html/index.rdf -f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /wp-content/rdf/%1.html/index.rdf [L,S=1]
 
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /(error|w3c|openid)(/?.*)\ HTTP/ [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /X/%1%2 [L]
 
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /(y_key_bf61afd498f7623a\.html|google3bb7b7e1032ad0d4\.html|yadis\.xrdf|askapache-home\.rdf|os-description\.xml|labels\.rdf|gnu-fdl\.txt|wlmmanifest\.xml|robots\.txt)\ HTTP/ [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule .* /X/%1 [L]
 
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /X(.*)\ HTTP/ [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [F]
 
RewriteRule ^osq?(.*)$ /wp-content/plugins/wp-opensearch.php?$1 [QSA,L]
 
#RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /wp-login(.+)\ HTTP/ [NC]
#RewriteRule .+ https://www.askapache.com/wp-login%1 [R,L]
 
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/cgi-bin/(hash|java)\.cgi$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP:P3P} ^(([^:]+):(.+))$ [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_JS:%{HTTP:P3P},E=HTTP_US:%2,E=HTTP_PA:%3]
 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_ACCEPT} application/xrds\+xml
RewriteCond %{HTTP_ACCEPT} !application/xrds\+xml\s*;\s*q\s*=\s*0(\.0{1,3})?\s*(,|$)
RewriteRule ^$ http://www.askapache.com/yadis.xrdf [R,L]
 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} !^(FeedBurner|FeedValidator|talkr.com).* [NC]
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?.*\ HTTP/ [NC]
#RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom|wp-atom|wp-feed|wp-rdf|wp-rss|wp-rss2).*\ HTTP/ [NC]
RewriteRule .* http://feeds.askapache.com/apache/htaccess? [R=302,L]
 
#RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} ^$
#RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
#RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
#RewriteRule ^(.+)\.phps$ /cgi-bin/phps.php?file=$1.php [L,NC]

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]]> http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/real-world-htaccess-files.html/feed 6 Advanced WordPress wp-config.php Tweaks http://www.askapache.com/wordpress/advanced-wp-config-php-tweaks.html http://www.askapache.com/wordpress/advanced-wp-config-php-tweaks.html#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:23:37 +0000 AskApache http://www.askapache.com/?p=3341 The bottom line for this article is that I want to make WordPress as fast, secure, and easy to install, run, and manage because I am using it more and more for client production sites, I will work for days in order to solve an issue so that I never have to spend time on that issue again. Time is money in this industry and that is ultimately (time) what there is to gain by tweaking WordPress.

Note: I spent no time on readability, this is primarily a read the code and figure it out article.. This is for advanced users looking for a reference or discussion and for those of you looking to advance. Feedback would be great if you make it that far..

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The bottom line for this article is that I want to make WordPress as fast, secure, and easy to install, run, and manage because I am using it more and more for client production sites, I will work for days in order to solve an issue so that I never have to spend time on that issue again. Time is money in this industry and that is ultimately (time) what there is to gain by tweaking WordPress.

Note: I spent no time on readability, this is primarily a read the code and figure it out article.. This is for advanced users looking for a reference or discussion and for those of you looking to advance. Feedback would be great if you make it that far..

For a better handle on the way I like to structure web site directories, see Optimize a Website for Speed, Security, and Easy Management but note it is a bit outdated compared to what I'm doing now. I don't have the luxury of using only one type of server, or hosting provider anymore, so I have been working towards making things even more portable in order to move from host to host from server to server without issues i.e. my portable .bash_profile.

So I've been basically experimenting various ways to accomplish that and thought I would share what I am currently doing for my benefit and hopefully get some input. All of my WP installs run the development version, and one main idea with my setups is that upgrading is automated. So I really keep the WordPress install clean and use plugins and wp-config.php to do all the customization.

  • Portability - Hands-free upgrades and easy to move
  • Security - Additional security and protection
  • Speed - Less CPU and Disk I/O
  • Customization - All my favorite customizations

wp-config.php

These are the main settings I use.. Seriously this is more like an interactive article, because to understand it you will need to do some code grepping. You may want to grab a jolt.

ASKAPACHE_ROOT

The ASKAPACHE_ROOT variable is just a better way for me to be able to include and access all the different files in my site tree. For instance, in my non-wp php files, I can do this:

!defined('ASKAPACHE_ROOT') && require $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/wp-config.php';
include(ASKAPACHE_ROOT . '/includes/custom-download.inc.php');

ASKAPACHE_LOCK

This is one of my all-time favorite hacks, that I think is one of the most useful methods I employ as a web developer. This allows me to use far-future-expire headers for optimum caching, while still forcing browsers to re-validate every day or so automatically, or forcing them to re-validate whenever I change the suffix. This takes advantage of the mod_rewrite trick that I use on EVERY site I run, definately worth learning. Because I practice best-practice web-standards, for every web site I create a single css file and javascript file, which I then add to the template like:

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="all" href="http://static.askapache.com/c/apache-0<?php echo ASKAPACHE_LOCK?>.css" />
<script src="http://static.askapache.com/j/apache-0<?php echo ASKAPACHE_LOCK;?>.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<?php
/**
 * The base configurations of the WordPress.
 *
 * This file has the following configurations: MySQL settings, Table Prefix,
 * Secret Keys, WordPress Language, and ABSPATH. You can find more information by
 * visiting {@link http://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php Editing
 * wp-config.php} Codex page. You can get the MySQL settings from your web host.
 *
 * This file is used by the wp-config.php creation script during the
 * installation. You don't have to use the web site, you can just copy this file
 * to "wp-config.php" and fill in the values.
 *
 * @package WordPress
 */
/* http://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php */
 
/** /home/liet/askapache.com */
!defined('ASKAPACHE_ROOT') && define('ASKAPACHE_ROOT', str_replace('/public_html','', $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']));
 
/** The 008 at the end is for manual tweaking.  time() returns seconds since '00:00:00 1970-01-01 UTC'. */
// http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/mod_rewrite-fix-for-caching-updated-files.html
!defined('ASKAPACHE_LOCK') && define(ASKAPACHE_LOCK', substr(time(),0,5).'008'); // 12533001
 
/** absolute path to the WordPress directory */
!defined('ABSPATH') && define('ABSPATH', ASKAPACHE_ROOT .'/public_html/');
 
/**
 * WP_SITEURL, defined since WordPress Version 2.2, allows the WordPress address (URL) to be defined. The valued defined is the address where your WordPress core files reside.
 * It should include the http:// part too. Do not put a slash "/" at the end.
 * Setting this value in wp-config.php overrides the wp_options table value for siteurl and disables the WordPress address (URL) field in the Administration > Settings > General panel.
 */
!defined('WP_SITEURL') && define('WP_SITEURL', 'http://'.$_SERVER['SERVER_NAME']);
 
/**
 * WP_HOME is another wp-config.php option added in WordPress Version 2.2. Similar to WP_SITEURL,
 * WP_HOME overrides the wp_options table value for home but does not change it permanently.
 * home is the address you want people to type in their browser to reach your WordPress blog. It should include the http:// part. Also, do not put a slash "/" at the end.
 */
!defined('WP_HOME') && define('WP_HOME', WP_SITEURL);
 
/** no trailing slash, full paths only */
!defined('WP_CONTENT_DIR') && define( 'WP_CONTENT_DIR', ABSPATH . 'wp-content' );
 
// full url - WP_CONTENT_DIR is defined further up
!defined('WP_CONTENT_URL') && define( 'WP_CONTENT_URL', WP_SITEURL . '/wp-content');
 
/** Allows for the plugins directory to be moved from the default location. @since 2.6.0 */
// full path, no trailing slash
!defined('WP_PLUGIN_DIR') && define( 'WP_PLUGIN_DIR', WP_CONTENT_DIR . '/plugins' );
 
/** Allows for the plugins directory to be moved from the default location. @since 2.6.0 */
// full url, no trailing slash
!defined('WP_PLUGIN_URL') && define( 'WP_PLUGIN_URL', WP_CONTENT_URL . '/plugins' );
 
/** Allows for the plugins directory to be moved from the default location. @since 2.1.0 */
// Relative to ABSPATH.  For back compat.
//!defined('PLUGINDIR') && define( 'PLUGINDIR', 'wp-content/plugins' );
 
/** Number of autosaves to save. TRUE is default and enables post revisions, FALSE disables revisions completely. */
!defined('WP_POST_REVISIONS') && define('WP_POST_REVISIONS', 150);
 
/* ini_set('memory_limit', WP_MEMORY_LIMIT); */
!defined('WP_MEMORY_LIMIT') && define('WP_MEMORY_LIMIT', '64M');
 
/** Only check at this interval for new messages. Default is 5min */
/** @since 2.9  */
!defined('WP_MAIL_INTERVAL') && define('WP_MAIL_INTERVAL', 3600); // 1 hour
 
/** Saves updated post values to post from edit window every x seconds. (default 60)
 * When editing a post, WordPress uses Ajax to auto-save revisions to the post as you edit. You may want to increase this setting for longer delays in between auto-saves, or decrease the setting to make sure you never lose changes.
 * @since 2.5.0 */
!defined( 'AUTOSAVE_INTERVAL' ) && define( 'AUTOSAVE_INTERVAL', 60 );
 
/** @since 2.9.0  */
/** Permanently deletes posts, pages, attachments, and comments which have been in the trash for EMPTY_TRASH_DAYS. */
!defined( 'EMPTY_TRASH_DAYS' ) && define( 'EMPTY_TRASH_DAYS', 300 );

Debugging WordPress

One of my secrets for getting really good at this stuff is to master debugging. There is really not ever a time when I am working on a site that I don't have color-highlighted logs scrolling automatically in an ssh window. It's really almost impossible to fix problems with wordpress or do any kind of advanced anything without being able to view debugging info. At first I relied heavily on a custom php.ini being available on the server, but after having to deal with many hosts who don't allow php.ini files I now rely completely on setting values using ini_set for ultimate portability. Detailed towards the end of this article and is also included in this wp-config.php

/**#@+
 * DEBUGGING STUFF
 */
/** display of notices during development. if false, error_reporting is E_ERROR | E_WARNING | E_PARSE | E_USER_ERROR | E_USER_WARNING | E_RECOVERABLE_ERROR otherwise E_ALL */
!defined('WP_DEBUG') && define('WP_DEBUG', false);
 
/** The SAVEQUERIES definition saves the database queries to a array and that array can be displayed to help analyze those queries.
 *  The information saves each query, what function called it, and how long that query took to execute.  */
!defined('SAVE_QUERIES') && define('SAVE_QUERIES', WP_DEBUG);
 
!defined('ACTION_DEBUG') && define('ACTION_DEBUG', WP_DEBUG);
 
/** This will allow you to edit the scriptname.dev.js files in the wp-includes/js and wp-admin/js directories.  */
!defined('SCRIPT_DEBUG') && define('SCRIPT_DEBUG', WP_DEBUG);
 
/** Add define('WP_DEBUG_LOG', true); to enable php debug logging to WP_CONTENT_DIR/debug.log */
//!defined('WP_DEBUG_LOG') && define('WP_DEBUG_LOG', true);
 
/** This determines whether errors should be printed to the screen as part of the output or if they should be hidden from the user.
 *  Add define('WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY', false); to wp-config.php to use the globally configured setting for display_errors and not force it to On */
!defined('WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY') && define('WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY', false);

Ultimate Security Tweaks

Well, ultimate for WP's built-in keys and password functions, this is all for wp-config.php keep in mind. This is a very neccessary and recommended step, and is one of the only things I modify for each new installation.

Security KEYS

If like me you are familiar with password-cracking software like John the ripper, rainbow hash tables, l0pht-crack, etc.. then you will like to know that you can specify your own keys and salts for the encryption used by WP. They are AUTH_KEY, AUTH_SALT, SECURE_AUTH_KEY, SECURE_AUTH_SALT, LOGGED_IN_KEY, LOGGED_IN_SALT, NONCE_KEY, NONCE_SALT, SECRET_KEY and SECRET_SALT.

A random and long key gives you better encryption, and exponentially increasing that is using a random and long salt for the encryption. Encryptions with known salts are incredibly easy to decrypt compared to encryptions with secure salts, because the salt + key individually need to be guessed in order to find a matching hash, vs. just the key if the salt is known. See: Locating weak passwords.

A secret key is a hashing salt which makes your site harder to hack and access harder to crack by adding random elements to the password.

In simple terms, a secret key is a password with elements that make it harder to generate enough options to break through your security barriers. A password like "password" or "test" is simple and easily broken. A random, unpredictable password such as "88a7da62429ba6ad3cb3c76a09641fc" takes years to come up with the right combination.

For more information on the technical background and breakdown of secret keys and secure passwords, see:

I like to use the WordPress.org secret-key service 4 times. That's because for each key and salt I like to do: (1 key from api +random keyboard input+1 key from api).

/**#@+
 * Authentication Unique Keys.
 *
 * Change these to different unique phrases!
 * You can generate these using the {@link https://api.wordpress.org/secret-key/1.1/ WordPress.org secret-key service}
 * You can change these at any point in time to invalidate all existing cookies.
 * This will force all users to have to log in again.
 *
 * @since 2.6.0
 *
 * Get salt to add to hashes to help prevent attacks.
 *
 * The secret key is located in two places: the database in case the secret key
 * isn't defined in the second place, which is in the wp-config.php file. If you
 * are going to set the secret key, then you must do so in the wp-config.php
 * file.
 *
 * The secret key in the database is randomly generated and will be appended to
 * the secret key that is in wp-config.php file in some instances. It is
 * important to have the secret key defined or changed in wp-config.php.
 *
 * If you have installed WordPress 2.5 or later, then you will have the
 * SECRET_KEY defined in the wp-config.php already. You will want to change the
 * value in it because hackers will know what it is. If you have upgraded to
 * WordPress 2.5 or later version from a version before WordPress 2.5, then you
 * should add the constant to your wp-config.php file.
 *
 * Below is an example of how the SECRET_KEY constant is defined with a value.
 * You must not copy the below example and paste into your wp-config.php. If you
 * need an example, then you can have a
 * {@link https://api.wordpress.org/secret-key/1.1/ secret key created} for you.
 *
 * Salting passwords helps against tools which has stored hashed values of
 * common dictionary strings. The added values makes it harder to crack if given
 * salt string is not weak.
 *
 * @since 2.5
 * @link https://api.wordpress.org/secret-key/1.1/ Create a Secret Key for wp-config.php
 *
 * @return string Salt value from either 'SECRET_KEY' or 'secret' option
 */
define('AUTH_KEY',        'jflkhaskljdfhkljasdhflkjashd;flkjhas;djfh;kajshdflkjashdlfkjhasdlkfhal?p[B+GR{@>{Yq`c|LnG;dvq#| %OA_cbBSU6,rICC1o/c)-|');
define('SECURE_AUTH_KEY', 'jflkhaskljdfhkljasdhflkjashd;flkjhas;djfh;kajshdflkjashdlfkjhasdlkfhal?Vp[Bb15baar8&R-r<[T|?(xhJJABGq+Ux+U$)-Hltp/');
define('LOGGED_IN_KEY',   'jflkhaskljdfhkljasdhflkjashd;flkjhas;djfh;kajshdflkjashdlfkjhasdlkfhal?Vp[B<5n6DG|YWnJ9tY2!M1L)`{-$LW~~Ia%.uCbn!P. 41o2$Z$4');
define('NONCE_KEY',       'jflkhaskljdfhkljasdhflkjashd;flkjhas;djfh;kajshdflkjashdlfkjhasdlkfhal?Vp[Bgu<wM*zewR0.{+m:bmrB?wj!B,4]Wo+4 Avk ApR-D?E');
define('SECRET_KEY',     'jflkhaskljdfhkljasdhflkjashd;flkjhas;djfh;kajshdflkjashdlfkjhasdlkfhal?Vp[B52ugH6muE9r4._iZwoYKUybrqLPpv|d Xr+|yrqhUE');
 
define('AUTH_SALT',        '123423190847olqkfhladhfsldshafasdfasdf09a7f-90a87df98adfyapoiyaf9asd8f70a9s8d7f908a7sdf97W4qCdm~Ky%+%~PPa5b YEmDI%U[W!-B');
define('SECURE_AUTH_SALT', '123423190847olqkfhladhfsldshafasdfasdf09a7f-90a87df98adfyapoiyaf9asd8f70a9s8d7f908a7sdf97W4qCdmad/7o6.AU3%9o-|Kqm]+eUqr-n~:ag');
define('LOGGED_IN_SALT',   '123423190847olqkfhladhfsldshafasdfasdf09a7f-90a87df98adfyapoiyaf9asd8f70a9s8d7f908a7sdf97W4qCdmsLiCv@KJ{#wd(?qe(KcH3!');
define('NONCE_SALT',       '123423190847olqkfhladhfsldshafasdfasdf09a7f-90a87df98adfyapoiyaf9asd8f70a9s8d7f908a7sdf97W4qCdmG9>+wm 2)bS0Pd_+1rx0brX]ND8|');
define('SECRET_SALT',      '123423190847olqkfhladhfsldshafasdfasdf09a7f-90a87df98adfyapoiyaf9asd8f70a9s8d7f908a7sdf97W4qCdm2<>))U|sty)+4vpWooKls/^[vN');
/**#@-*/

Using SSL for Admin and Login

SSL is kinda required from my point of view, it is just way to easy to sniff data off the wire otherwise. At least with SSL you force them to use tools like burpsuite, paros proxy, webscarab, etc..

/** @since 2.6.0  */
!defined('FORCE_SSL_ADMIN') && define('FORCE_SSL_ADMIN', true);
 
/** @since 2.6.0  */
!defined('FORCE_SSL_LOGIN') && define('FORCE_SSL_LOGIN', true);

Mod_Rewrite to Force SSL

This is pretty cool, it forces non-https for all urls except for /wp-admin and wp-login.php, which both require https. It also checks for the logged_in_cookie, and if that is present in the request then it doesn't force non-https. Kinda confusing if you don't have a mod_rewrite cheatsheet.

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/(wp-admin|wp-login\.php).*$ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_COOKIE} ^.*wp_li_sadfsdfasdf11b361cdsdfasdfasd=.*$ [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [S=1]
 
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} =on [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.askapache\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule .* http://%{SERVER_NAME}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]
 
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /(wp-admin/.*|wp-login\.php.*)\ HTTP/ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
RewriteRule .* https://%{SERVER_NAME}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]

File System Permissions

chmod, umask, file permissions testYou can get a basic and solid intro on file permissions by reading: Changing File Permissions, or you can check out some of my file permission research.

/** The permissions as octal number, usually 0644 for files, 0755 for dirs.
 *  http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions
 *  if ( !$wp_filesystem->mkdir($remote_destination, FS_CHMOD_DIR) )
 */
!defined('FS_CHMOD_DIR') && define('FS_CHMOD_DIR', (0755 & ~ umask()));
!defined('FS_CHMOD_FILE') && define('FS_CHMOD_FILE', (0644 & ~ umask()));
/**#@-*/
 
/** Define the timeouts for the connections. Only available after the construct is called to allow for per-transport overriding of the default. */
//stream_set_timeout( $stream, FS_TIMEOUT );
//!defined('FS_TIMEOUT') && define('FS_TIMEOUT', 30);
 
//$this->link = @ftp_connect($this->options['hostname'], $this->options['port'], FS_CONNECT_TIMEOUT);
//!defined('FS_CONNECT_TIMEOUT') && define('FS_CONNECT_TIMEOUT', 30);
 
// function get_filesystem_method($args = array(), $context = false) {
//  $method = defined('FS_METHOD') ? FS_METHOD : false; //Please ensure that this is either 'direct', 'ssh', 'ftpext' or 'ftpsockets'
//!defined('FS_METHOD') && define('FS_METHOD', 'direct');
 
/** These methods for the WordPress core, plugin, and theme upgrades try to determine the WordPress path, as reported by PHP, but symlink trickery can sometimes
 * 'muck this up' so if you know the paths to the various folders on the server, as seen via your FTP user, you can manually define them in the wp-config.php file.
 * FS_METHOD forces the filesystem method. It should only be "direct", "ssh", "ftpext", or "ftpsockets".
 * FTP_BASE is the full path to the "base" folder of the WordPress installation.
 * FTP_CONTENT_DIR is the full path to the wp-content folder of the WordPress installation.
 * FTP_PLUGIN_DIR is the full path to the plugins folder of the WordPress installation.
 * FTP_PUBKEY is the full path to your SSH public key.
 * FTP_PRIKEY is the full path to your SSH private key.
 * FTP_USER is either user FTP or SSH username. Most likely these are the same, but use the appropriate one for the type of update you wish to do.
 * FTP_PASS is the password for the username entered for FTP_USER. If you are using SSH public key authentication this can be omitted.
 * FTP_HOST is the hostname:port combination for your SSH/FTP server. The standard FTP port is 21 and the standard SSH port is 22.
 */
//define('FS_METHOD', 'ftpext');
//define('FTP_BASE', '/path/to/wordpress/');
//define('FTP_CONTENT_DIR', '/path/to/wordpress/wp-content/');
//define('FTP_PLUGIN_DIR ', '/path/to/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/');
//define('FTP_PUBKEY', '/home/username/.ssh/id_rsa.pub');
//define('FTP_PRIKEY', '/home/username/.ssh/id_rsa');
//define('FTP_USER', 'username');
//define('FTP_PASS', 'password');
//define('FTP_HOST', 'ftp.example.org:21');
 
/**
 * Block requests through the proxy.
 *
 * Those who are behind a proxy and want to prevent access to certain hosts may do so. This will
 * prevent plugins from working and core functionality, if you don't include api.wordpress.org.
 *
 * You block external URL requests by defining WP_HTTP_BLOCK_EXTERNAL in your wp-config.php file
 * and this will only allow localhost and your blog to make requests.
 * The constant WP_ACCESSIBLE_HOSTS will allow additional hosts to go through for requests. The format of the
 * WP_ACCESSIBLE_HOSTS constant is a comma separated list of hostnames to allow.
 *
 * @since 2.8.0
 * @link http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/8927 Allow preventing external requests.
/** @since 2.9  */
//!defined('WP_HTTP_BLOCK_EXTERNAL') && define( 'WP_HTTP_BLOCK_EXTERNAL', false );
 
/*
 * The constant WP_ACCESSIBLE_HOSTS will allow additional hosts to go through for requests. The format of the
 * WP_ACCESSIBLE_HOSTS constant is a comma separated list of hostnames to allow.
 *
 * @since 2.8.0
 * @link http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/8927 Allow preventing external requests.
 * $accessible_hosts = preg_split('|,\s*|', WP_ACCESSIBLE_HOSTS);
 * return !in_array( $check['host'], $accessible_hosts ); //Inverse logic, If its in the array, then we can't access it.
 */
//!defined('WP_ACCESSIBLE_HOSTS') && define( 'WP_ACCESSIBLE_HOSTS', 'askapache.com,askapache.org' );

Cookies!

There's always a little comfort in having non-default cookies for security (against auto-bots), and using shorter names also means smaller HTTP Packets.

The $cookie_hash is my hack to get around the fact that COOKIEHASH isn't definable in wp-config.

/**#@+
 * COOKIES
 * Used to guarantee unique hash cookies @since 1.5 */
$cookie_hash=md5(WP_SITEURL);
 
/** Set a cookie now to see if they are supported by the browser.
 * setcookie(TEST_COOKIE, 'WP Cookie check', 0, COOKIEPATH, COOKIE_DOMAIN);
 * @since 2.3.0 */
!defined('TEST_COOKIE') && define('TEST_COOKIE', 'wp_tc');
 
/* @since 2.6.0 */
!defined('LOGGED_IN_COOKIE') && define('LOGGED_IN_COOKIE', 'wp_li_' . $cookie_hash);
 
/* @since 2.6.0 */
!defined('SECURE_AUTH_COOKIE') && define('SECURE_AUTH_COOKIE', 'wp_sa_' . $cookie_hash);
 
/* @since 2.5.0 */
!defined('AUTH_COOKIE') && define('AUTH_COOKIE', 'wp_a_' . $cookie_hash);
 
/* @since 2.0.0 */
!defined('PASS_COOKIE') && define('PASS_COOKIE', 'wp_p_' . $cookie_hash);
 
/* @since 2.0.0 */
!defined('USER_COOKIE') && define('USER_COOKIE', 'wp_u_' . $cookie_hash);
 
/* ok unset this var, its not needed as COOKIEHASH will have this value, but is not definable in wp-config.php */
unset($cookie_hash);
 
/** @since 1.2.0 */
!defined('COOKIEPATH') && define('COOKIEPATH', preg_replace('|https?://[^/]+|i', '', WP_HOME . '/' ) );
 
/** @since 1.5.0 */
!defined('SITECOOKIEPATH') && define('SITECOOKIEPATH', preg_replace('|https?://[^/]+|i', '', WP_SITEURL . '/' ) );
 
/** @since 2.6.0 */
!defined('ADMIN_COOKIE_PATH') && define( 'ADMIN_COOKIE_PATH', SITECOOKIEPATH . 'wp-admin' );
 
/** @since 2.6.0 */
!defined('PLUGINS_COOKIE_PATH') && define( 'PLUGINS_COOKIE_PATH', preg_replace('|https?://[^/]+|i', '', WP_PLUGIN_URL)  );
 
/** @since 2.0.0 */
!defined('COOKIE_DOMAIN') && define('COOKIE_DOMAIN', $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME']);
/**
  * The WP_CACHE setting, if true, includes the wp-content/advanced-cache.php script, when executing wp-settings.php.
  * For an advanced caching plugin to use, static because you would only want one
  * if ( defined('WP_CACHE') )@include WP_CONTENT_DIR . '/advanced-cache.php';
  */
!defined('WP_CACHE') && define('WP_CACHE', true);
 
/** WordPress Localized Language, defaults to en_US.
 *
 * Change this to localize WordPress.  A corresponding MO file for the chosen
 * language must be installed to wp-content/languages. For example, install
 * de.mo to wp-content/languages and set WPLANG to 'de' to enable German
 * language support. */
!defined('WPLANG') && define ('WPLANG', 'en_US');
 
/** Stores the location of the language directory. First looks for language folder in WP_CONTENT_DIR
 *   and uses that folder if it exists. Or it uses the "languages" folder in WPINC. @since 2.1.0 */
//!defined('WP_LANG_DIR') && define('WP_LANG_DIR', ABSPATH . WPINC . '/languages');
 
/** LANGDIR defines what directory the WPLANG .mo file resides. If LANGDIR is not defined WordPress looks first to wp-content/languages and then wp-includes/languages for the .mo defined by WPLANG file.  Old static relative path maintained for limited backwards compatibility - won't work in some cases*/
//!defined('LANGDIR') && define('LANGDIR', 'wp-content/languages');
 
/** Stores the location of the WordPress directory of functions, classes, and core content. @since 1.0.0 */
//!defined('WPINC') && define('WPINC', 'wp-includes');

WPMU Stuff

I personally don't use.

/** Allows for the mu-plugins directory to be moved from the default location. @since 2.8.0 */
//!defined('WPMU_PLUGIN_DIR') && define( 'WPMU_PLUGIN_DIR', WP_CONTENT_DIR . '/mu-plugins' ); // full path, no trailing slash
 
/** Allows for the mu-plugins directory to be moved from the default location. @since 2.8.0 */
//!defined('WPMU_PLUGIN_URL') && define( 'WPMU_PLUGIN_URL', WP_CONTENT_URL . '/mu-plugins' ); // full url, no trailing slash
 
/** Allows for the mu-plugins directory to be moved from the default location. @since 2.8.0 */
//!defined( 'MUPLUGINDIR' ) && define( 'MUPLUGINDIR', 'wp-content/mu-plugins' ); // Relative to ABSPATH.  For back compat.

WordPress Database

This is usually the only thing I have to manually edit when creating a new site, unless I just use the same DB and modify the $table_prefix, (farther down). I run everything I possibly can in UTF-8, but if you don't already know alot about character sets, wow it is one of the most confusing things so you may want to save learning about that topic for another day. Otherwise the following are helpful (and show how confusing character sets are!)

If you ever setup WP to use the builtin membership features, make sure you learn about the CUSTOM_USER_TABLE and CUSTOM_USER_META_TABLE constants, I've found them very helpful.

/**#@+
 * MySQL settings
 */
/** The name of the database for WordPress */
define('DB_NAME', 'askapachewpblog75');
 
/** The username to access the database */
define('DB_USER', 'askapache245d');
 
/** The password for the username to access the database */
define('DB_PASSWORD', 'asdfklj2340');
 
/** The hostname to connect to the database at */
define('DB_HOST', 'mysql.askapache.com');
 
/** The charset of the database */
define('DB_CHARSET', 'utf8');
 
/** The collation of the database */
define('DB_COLLATE', 'utf8_general_ci');

$table_prefix

The $table_prefix is the value placed in the front of your database tables. Change the value if you want to use something other than wp_ for your database prefix. Typically this is changed if you are installing multiple WordPress blogs in the same database, and also for enhanced security.

Its a safe and good idea to change this value pre-installation to add more security to your WordPress blog. Exploits attempted against your WordPress blog by malicious crackers often are built with the premise that your blog uses the prefix wp_, by changing the value you mitigate some attack vectors. 

/**
 * WordPress Database Table prefix.
 *
 * You can have multiple installations in one database if you give each a unique
 * prefix. Only numbers, letters, and underscores please!
 */
$table_prefix  = 'ar15_';
 
/** CUSTOM_USER_TABLE and CUSTOM_USER_META_TABLE are used to designated that the user and usermeta tables normally utilized by WordPress are not used, instead these values/tables are used to store your user information. */
//!defined('CUSTOM_USER_TABLE') && define('CUSTOM_USER_TABLE', $table_prefix . 'my_users');
//!defined('CUSTOM_USER_META_TABLE') && define('CUSTOM_USER_META_TABLE', $table_prefix . 'my_usermeta');

Setup PHP Ini Settings

/** Turns the output of errors on or off, you really never want this on, you should only view errors by reading the log file. */
ini_set('display_errors', WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY);
 
/** Tells whether script error messages should be logged to the server's error log or error_log. */
ini_set('log_errors', 'On');
 
/** http://us.php.net/manual/en/timezones.php */
ini_set('date.timezone', 'America/Indianapolis');
 
/** Where to log php errors */
ini_set('error_log', ASKAPACHE_ROOT . '/logs/php_error.log');
 
/** Set the memory limit, otherwise defaults to '32M' */
ini_set('memory_limit', WP_MEMORY_LIMIT);

Sessions are slow

So I only use sessions when I have a specific use... In this case I need sessions only when one of the tools in the /online-tools/ directory is being used. And that is for the captcha image. In the future I won't ever use sessions.

if(preg_match( '#^/online-tools/#',$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'])) session_start();

Include Custom Files

Sure you could use the my-hacks.php that WP allows, or you can just stick your functions in your TEMPLATEPATH/functions.php file, but they are executed only after the wp-settings.php file, which may be too late for your file.

In the past I've also used the auto_prepend_file settings to run my script before anything (index.php) but I ran into some issues on different hosts, and it wasn't as portable.

This is useful because you can have a file with globally available functions that you can use in non-WP areas as well as WP areas. I am moving away from this more and more as I learn more about classes and build plugins instead for portability.

include_once ASKAPACHE_ROOT . '/includes/myfunctions.inc';
 
/** Sets up WordPress vars and included files. */
require_once(ABSPATH . 'wp-settings.php');
?>

Some Useful PHP

I am constantly trying to make my sites and code more portable, so I am using plugins alot more to accomplish things that I use to do with separate php. Here are some examples of minimal php.

add_filter("the_generator", create_function('$a','return "";'));
add_filter('the_content', create_function('$a', 'return ((is_feed())? $a."<p><a href=\"".get_permalink()."\">".get_the_title()."</a> originally appeared on ".get_bloginfo("name").".</p>" : $a);'), 99999);
add_filter('excerpt_length', create_function('$a', 'return 300;'),99);
add_filter('excerpt_more', create_function('$a', 'return "&hellip;";'),99);
add_action( 'wp_head', create_function('$a','echo "<link rel=\"pingback\" href=\"'.get_bloginfo('pingback_url').'\" />\n";'), 95 );
add_action( 'wp_head', create_function('$a','echo "<link rel=\"schema.rss\" href=\"http://purl.org/rss/1.0/\" />\n";'), 96 );
add_action( 'wp_head', create_function('$a','echo "<link rel=\"schema.rel\" href=\"http://purl.org/vocab/relationship/\" />\n";'), 97 );
add_action( 'wp_head', create_function('$a','echo "<link rel=\"meta\" type=\"application/rdf+xml\" href=\"/foaf.rdf\" />\n";'), 98 );
add_action( 'wp_head', create_function('$a','echo "<link href=\"/favicon.ico\" rel=\"shortcut icon\" type=\"image/x-icon\" />\n";'), 99 );

Debugging Note

AskApache Advanced Debugging OutputIf you read this far than you probably know how important debugging is, but I sometimes like to stick the best tips deep in my articles to make sure only YOU find it. GRTFM isn't used on this site, it's mostly a requirement because my writing can get pretty bad.. The point, debugging is more than a crucial requirement if you want to do anything cool. Don't worry I got you.. check my AskApache Debug Viewer Plugin from the official WP site. It's pretty close to providing as verbose amount of information that I could possibly figure out how to get out of php, probably more than you have ever seen at least, I focused on quantity. I use it all the time on new installs as there is no setup required and it tells me advanced information about the setup of the server, hacker code for sure.

Here's a quick function to see set global vars, I just think this is interesting code.

function askapache_global_debug(){
  global $_GET,$_POST,$_COOKIE,$_SESSION,$_ENV,$_FILES,$_SERVER,$_REQUEST,$HTTP_POST_FILES,$HTTP_POST_VARS,$HTTP_SERVER_VARS,$HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA,$HTTP_GET_VARS,$HTTP_COOKIE_VARS,$HTTP_ENV_VARS;
  $gv=create_function('$n','global $$n; ob_start(); if ( is_array($$n) && sizeof($$n)>0 && print("[{$n}]\n") ) print_r($$n);return ob_get_clean();');
  foreach (array('_GET','_POST','_COOKIE','_SESSION','_ENV','_FILES','_SERVER','_REQUEST','HTTP_POST_FILES','HTTP_POST_VARS','HTTP_SERVER_VARS','HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA','HTTP_GET_VARS','HTTP_COOKIE_VARS','HTTP_ENV_VARS') as $k)echo $gv($k);
  print_r(get_defined_constants());
}

Also check the WordPress Codex page: Editing wp-config.php and Perishable Press's: Stupid WordPress Tricks

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I discovered these tips and tricks mostly while working as a network security penetration specialist hired to find security holes in web hosting environments. Shared hosting is the most common and cheapest form of web-hosting where multiple customers are placed on a single machine and "share" the resources (CPU/RAM/SPACE). The machines are configured to basically ONLY do HTTP and FTP. No shells or any interactive logins, no ssh, just FTP access. That is when I started examining htaccess files in great detail and learned about the incredible untapped power of htaccess. For 99% of the worlds best Apache admins, they don't use .htaccess much, if AT ALL. It's much easier, safer, and faster to configure Apache using the httpd.conf file instead. However, this file is almost never readable on shared-hosts, and I've never seen it writable. So the only avenue left for those on shared-hosting was and is the .htaccess file, and holy freaking fiber-optics.. it's almost as powerful as httpd.conf itself!

Most all .htaccess code works in the httpd.conf file, but not all httpd.conf code works in .htaccess files, around 50%. So all the best Apache admins and programmers never used .htaccess files. There was no incentive for those with access to httpd.conf to use htaccess, and the gap grew. It's common to see "computer gurus" on forums and mailing lists rail against all uses and users of .htaccess files, smugly announcing the well known problems with .htaccess files compared with httpd.conf - I wonder if these "gurus" know the history of the htaccess file, like it's use in the earliest versions of the HTTP Server- NCSA's HTTPd, which BTW, became known as Apache HTTP. So you could easily say that htaccess files predates Apache itself.

Once I discovered what .htaccess files could do towards helping me enumerate and exploit security vulnerabilities even on big shared-hosts I focused all my research into .htaccess files, meaning I was reading the venerable Apache HTTP Source code 24/7! I compiled every released version of the Apache Web Server, ever, even NCSA's, and focused on enumerating the most powerful htaccess directives. Good times! Because my focus was on protocol/file/network vulnerabilites instead of web dev I built up a nice toolbox of htaccess tricks to do unusual things. When I switched over to webdev in 2005 I started using htaccess for websites, not research. I documented most of my favorites and rewrote the htaccess guide for webdevelopers. After some great encouragement on various forums and nets I decided to start a blog to share my work with everyone, AskApache.com was registered, I published my guide, and it was quickly plagiarized and scraped all over the net. Information is freedom, and freedom is information, so this blog has the least restrictive copyright for you. Feel free to modify, copy, republish, sell, or use anything on this site ;)

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.htaccess is a very ancient configuration file that controls the Web Server running your website, and is one of the most powerful configuration files you will ever come across. Htaccess has the ability to control access of the WWW's HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) using Password Protection, 301 Redirects, rewrites, and much much more. This is because this configuration file was coded in the earliest days of the web (HTTP), for one of the first Web Servers ever! Eventually these Web Servers (configured with htaccess) became known as the World Wide Web, and eventually grew into the Internet we use today.

.htaccess file tutorialThis is not an introduction to .htaccess… This is the evolution of the best of the best .htaccess on the planet. Its changed over the years with more and better .htaccess tricks using real .htaccess example code. I add my favorite htaccess-related links and sites, results from my htaccess research, and frequently update this article.

You've come to the right place if you are looking to acquire mad skills for using .htaccess files.

Originally (2003) this guide was known in certain hacker circles and hidden corners of the net as an ultimate .htaccess due to the powerful htaccess tricks and tips to bypass security on a webhost, and also because many of the tricks and examples were pretty impressive back then in that group.

AskApache Htaccess Journey

Skip this - still under edit

I discovered these tips and tricks mostly while working as a network security penetration specialist hired to find security holes in web hosting environments. Shared hosting is the most common and cheapest form of web-hosting where multiple customers are placed on a single machine and "share" the resources (CPU/RAM/SPACE). The machines are configured to basically ONLY do HTTP and FTP. No shells or any interactive logins, no ssh, just FTP access. That is when I started examining htaccess files in great detail and learned about the incredible untapped power of htaccess. For 99% of the worlds best Apache admins, they don't use .htaccess much, if AT ALL. It's much easier, safer, and faster to configure Apache using the httpd.conf file instead. However, this file is almost never readable on shared-hosts, and I've never seen it writable. So the only avenue left for those on shared-hosting was and is the .htaccess file, and holy freaking fiber-optics.. it's almost as powerful as httpd.conf itself!

Most all .htaccess code works in the httpd.conf file, but not all httpd.conf code works in .htaccess files, around 50%. So all the best Apache admins and programmers never used .htaccess files. There was no incentive for those with access to httpd.conf to use htaccess, and the gap grew. It's common to see "computer gurus" on forums and mailing lists rail against all uses and users of .htaccess files, smugly announcing the well known problems with .htaccess files compared with httpd.conf - I wonder if these "gurus" know the history of the htaccess file, like it's use in the earliest versions of the HTTP Server- NCSA's HTTPd, which BTW, became known as Apache HTTP. So you could easily say that htaccess files predates Apache itself.

Once I discovered what .htaccess files could do towards helping me enumerate and exploit security vulnerabilities even on big shared-hosts I focused all my research into .htaccess files, meaning I was reading the venerable Apache HTTP Source code 24/7! I compiled every released version of the Apache Web Server, ever, even NCSA's, and focused on enumerating the most powerful htaccess directives. Good times! Because my focus was on protocol/file/network vulnerabilites instead of web dev I built up a nice toolbox of htaccess tricks to do unusual things. When I switched over to webdev in 2005 I started using htaccess for websites, not research. I documented most of my favorites and rewrote the htaccess guide for webdevelopers. After some great encouragement on various forums and nets I decided to start a blog to share my work with everyone, AskApache.com was registered, I published my guide, and it was quickly plagiarized and scraped all over the net. Information is freedom, and freedom is information, so this blog has the least restrictive copyright for you. Feel free to modify, copy, republish, sell, or use anything on this site ;)

Htaccess - Evolved

The Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) was initiated at the CERN in Geneve (Switzerland), where it emerged (together with the HTML presentation language) from the need to exchange scientific information on a computer network in a simple manner. The first public HTTP implementation only allowed for plain text information, and almost instantaneously became a replacement of the GOPHER service. One of the first text-based browsers was LYNX which still exists today; a graphical HTTP client appeared very quickly with the name NCSA Mosaic. Mosaic was a popular browser back in 1994. Soon the need for a more rich multimedia experience was born, and the markup language provided support for a growing multitude of media types.

Htaccess file know-how will do several things for you:

  • Make your website noticeably faster.
  • Allow you to debug your server with ease.
  • Make your life easier and more rewarding.
  • Allow you to work faster and more productively.

What Is .htaccess

Specifically, .htaccess is the default file name of a special configuration file that provides a number of directives (commands) for controlling and configuring the Apache Web Server, and also to control and configure modules that can be built into the Apache installation, or included at run-time like mod_rewrite (for htaccess rewrite), mod_alias (for htaccess redirects), and mod_ssl (for controlling SSL connections).

Htaccess allows for decentralized management of Web Server configurations which makes life very easy for web hosting companies and especially their savvy consumers. They set up and run "server farms" where many hundreds and thousands of web hosting customers are all put on the same Apache Server. This type of hosting is called "virtual hosting" and without .htaccess files would mean that every customer must use the same exact settings as everyone else on their segment. So that is why any half-decent web host allows/enables (DreamHost, Powweb, MediaTemple, GoDaddy) .htaccess files, though few people are aware of it. Let's just say that if I was a customer on your server-farm, and .htaccess files were enabled, my websites would be a LOT faster than yours, as these configuration files allow you to fully take advantage of and utilize the resources allotted to you by your host. If even 1/10 of the sites on a server-farm took advantage of what they are paying for, the providers would go out of business.

One of the design goals for this server was to maintain external compatibility with the NCSA 1.3 server --- that is, to read the same configuration files, to process all the directives therein correctly, and in general to be a drop-in replacement for NCSA. On the other hand, another design goal was to move as much of the server's functionality into modules which have as little as possible to do with the monolithic server core. The only way to reconcile these goals is to move the handling of most commands from the central server into the modules.

However, just giving the modules command tables is not enough to divorce them completely from the server core. The server has to remember the commands in order to act on them later. That involves maintaining data which is private to the modules, and which can be either per-server, or per-directory. Most things are per-directory, including in particular access control and authorization information, but also information on how to determine file types from suffixes, which can be modified by AddType and DefaultType directives, and so forth. In general, the governing philosophy is that anything which can be made configurable by directory should be; per-server information is generally used in the standard set of modules for information like Aliases and Redirects which come into play before the request is tied to a particular place in the underlying file system.

Another requirement for emulating the NCSA server is being able to handle the per-directory configuration files, generally called .htaccess files, though even in the NCSA server they can contain directives which have nothing at all to do with access control. Accordingly, after URI -> filename translation, but before performing any other phase, the server walks down the directory hierarchy of the underlying filesystem, following the translated pathname, to read any .htaccess files which might be present. The information which is read in then has to be merged with the applicable information from the server's own config files (either from the <directory> sections in access.conf, or from defaults in srm.conf, which actually behaves for most purposes almost exactly like <directory />).

Finally, after having served a request which involved reading .htaccess files, we need to discard the storage allocated for handling them. That is solved the same way it is solved wherever else similar problems come up, by tying those structures to the per-transaction resource pool.

Creating Htaccess Files

What an Htaccess File Looks Like in Windows ExplorerHtaccess files use the default filename ".htaccess" but any unix-style file name can be specified from the main server config using the AccessFileName directive. The file isn't .htaccess.txt, its literally just named .htaccess.

View .htaccess filesIn a Windows Environment like the one I use for work, you can change how Windows opens and views .htaccess files by modifying the Folder Options in explorer. As you can see, on my computer files ending in .htaccess are recognized as having the HTACCESS extension and are handled/opened by Adobe Dreamweaver CS4.

Htaccess Scope

Unlike the main server configuration files like httpd.conf, Htaccess files are read on every request therefore changes in these files take immediate effect. Apache searches all directories and subdirectories that are htaccess-enabled for an .htaccess file which results in performance loss due to file accesses. I've never noticed a performance loss but OTOH, I know how to use them. If you do have access to your main server configuration file, you should of course use that instead, and lucky for you ALL the .htaccess tricks and examples can be used there as well (just not vice versa).

Htaccess File Syntax

Htaccess files follow the same syntax as the main Apache configuration files, for powerusers here's an apache.vim for VI. The one main difference is the context of the directive, which means whether or not that directive is ALLOWED to be used inside of an .htaccess file. Htaccess files are incredibly powerful, and can also be very dangerous as some directives allowed in the main configuration files would allow users/customers to completely bypass security/bandwidth-limits/resource-limits/file-permissions, etc.. About 1/4 of all Apache directives cannot be used inside an .htaccess file (also known as a per-directory context config). The Apache Developers are well-regarded throughout the world as being among some of the best programmers, ever. To enable a disallowed directive inside a .htaccess file would require modifying the source code and re-compiling the server (which they allow and encourage if you are the owner/admin). Here's a taste of that famous Apache source code that builds the directives allowed in .htaccess file context, the key that tells whether its enabled in .htaccess context is the DIR_CMD_PERMS and then the OR_FILEINFO, which means a directive is enabled dependent on the AllowOverride directive that is only allowed in the main config. First Apache 1.3.0, then Apache 2.2.10

mod_autoindex
AddIcon, add_icon, BY_PATH, DIR_CMD_PERMS, an icon URL followed by one or more filenames
AddIconByType, add_icon, BY_TYPE, DIR_CMD_PERMS, an icon URL followed by one or more MIME types
AddIconByEncoding, add_icon, BY_ENCODING, DIR_CMD_PERMS, an icon URL followed by one or more content encodings
AddAlt, add_alt, BY_PATH, DIR_CMD_PERMS, alternate descriptive text followed by one or more filenames
AddAltByType, add_alt, BY_TYPE, DIR_CMD_PERMS, alternate descriptive text followed by one or more MIME types
AddAltByEncoding, add_alt, BY_ENCODING, DIR_CMD_PERMS, alternate descriptive text followed by one or more content encodings
IndexOptions, add_opts, DIR_CMD_PERMS, RAW_ARGS, one or more index options
IndexIgnore, add_ignore, DIR_CMD_PERMS, ITERATE, one or more file extensions
AddDescription, add_desc, BY_PATH, DIR_CMD_PERMS, Descriptive text followed by one or more filenames
HeaderName, add_header, DIR_CMD_PERMS, TAKE1, a filename
ReadmeName, add_readme, DIR_CMD_PERMS, TAKE1, a filename
FancyIndexing, fancy_indexing, DIR_CMD_PERMS, FLAG, Limited to 'on' or 'off' (superseded by IndexOptions FancyIndexing)
DefaultIcon, ap_set_string_slot, (void *) XtOffsetOf(autoindex_config_rec, default_icon), DIR_CMD_PERMS, TAKE1, an icon URL
mod_rewrite
// mod_rewrite
RewriteEngine, cmd_rewriteengine, OR_FILEINFO, On or Off to enable or disable (default)
RewriteOptions, cmd_rewriteoptions, OR_FILEINFO, List of option strings to set
RewriteBase, cmd_rewritebase, OR_FILEINFO, the base URL of the per-directory context
RewriteCond, cmd_rewritecond, OR_FILEINFO, an input string and a to be applied regexp-pattern
RewriteRule, cmd_rewriterule, OR_FILEINFO, an URL-applied regexp-pattern and a substitution URL
RewriteMap, cmd_rewritemap, RSRC_CONF, a mapname and a filename
RewriteLock, cmd_rewritelock, RSRC_CONF, the filename of a lockfile used for inter-process synchronization
RewriteLog, cmd_rewritelog, RSRC_CONF, the filename of the rewriting logfile
RewriteLogLevel, cmd_rewriteloglevel, RSRC_CONF, the level of the rewriting logfile verbosity (0=none, 1=std, .., 9=max)
RewriteLog, fake_rewritelog, RSRC_CONF, [DISABLED] the filename of the rewriting logfile
RewriteLogLevel, fake_rewritelog, RSRC_CONF, [DISABLED] the level of the rewriting logfile verbosity

Htaccess Directives

Don't ask why, but I personally downloaded each major/beta release of the Apache HTTPD source code from version 1.3.0 to version 2.2.10 (all 63 Apache versions!), then I configured and compiled each version for a custom HTTPD installation built from source. This allowed me to find every directive allowed in .htaccess files for each particular version, which has never been done before, or since. YES! I think that is so cool..

An .htaccess directive is basically a command that is specific to a module or builtin to the core that performs a specific task or sets a specific setting for how Apache serves your WebSite. Directives placed in Htaccess files apply to the directory they are in, and all sub-directories. Here's the 3 top links (official Apache Docs) you will repeatedly use, bookmark/print/save them.

htaccess Context Legend

  1. Terms Used to Describe Directives
  2. Official List of Apache Directives
  3. Directive Quick-Reference -- with Context

Litespeed Htaccess support

Unlike other lightweight web servers, Apache compatible per-directory configuration overridden is fully supported by LiteSpeed Web Server. With .htacess you can change configurations for any directory under document root on-the-fly, which in most cases is a mandatory feature in shared hosting environment. It is worth noting that enabling .htaccess support in LiteSpeed Web Server will not degrade server's performance, comparing to Apache's 40% drop in performance.

Main Server Config Examples

Now lets take a look at some htaccess examples to get a feel for the syntax and some general ideas at the capabilities. Some of the best examples for .htaccess files are included with Apache for main server config files, so lets take a quick look at a couple of them on our way down to the actual .htaccess examples further down the page (this site has thousands, take your time). As you can see, the basic syntax is a line starting with # is a comment, everything else are directives followed by the directive argument.

httpd-multilang-errordoc.conf: The configuration below implements multi-language error documents through content-negotiation

Options IncludesNoExec
AddOutputFilter Includes html
AddHandler type-map var
LanguagePriority en cs de es fr it ja ko nl pl pt-br ro sv tr
ForceLanguagePriority Prefer Fallback
ErrorDocument 401 /error/HTTP_UNAUTHORIZED.html.var
ErrorDocument 403 /error/HTTP_FORBIDDEN.html.var
ErrorDocument 404 /error/HTTP_NOT_FOUND.html.var

httpd-manual.conf: Provide local access to the server documentation on your server

SetEnvIf Request_URI ^/manual/(de|en|es|fr|ja|ko|pt-br|ru|tr)/ prefer-language=$1
RedirectMatch 301 ^/manual(?:/(de|en|es|fr|ja|ko|pt-br|ru|tr)){2, }(/.*)?$ /manual/$1$2
LanguagePriority en de es fr ja ko pt-br ru tr
ForceLanguagePriority Prefer Fallback

httpd-languages.conf: Settings for hosting different languages.

DefaultLanguage en
AddLanguage ca .ca
# Just list the languages in decreasing order of preference.
LanguagePriority en ca cs da de el eo es et fr he hr it ja ko ltz nl nn no pl pt pt-BR ru sv tr zh-CN zh-TW
# Commonly used filename extensions to character sets.
AddCharset us-ascii.ascii .us-ascii
AddCharset ISO-8859-1  .iso8859-1  .latin1

httpd-autoindex.conf: Directives controlling the display of server-generated directory listings.

# IndexOptions: Controls the appearance of server-generated directory listings.
IndexOptions FancyIndexing HTMLTable VersionSort
# AddIcon* directives tell the server which icon to show for different files or filename extensions.
AddIconByEncoding (CMP, /icons/compressed.gif) x-compress x-gzip
AddIconByType (TXT, /icons/text.gif) text/*
AddIcon /icons/folder.gif ^^DIRECTORY^^
# DefaultIcon is which icon to show for files which do not have an icon explicitly set.
DefaultIcon /icons/unknown.gif
# AddDescription allows you to place a short description after a file in server-generated indexes.
AddDescription "GZIP compressed document" .gz
# ReadmeName is the name of the README file the server will look for by default, and append to directory listings.
ReadmeName README.html
# HeaderName is the name of a file which should be prepended to directory indexes.
HeaderName HEADER.html

Here are the rest of them if you wanna take a look. (httpd-mpm.conf, httpd-default.conf, httpd-ssl.conf, httpd-info.conf, httpd-vhosts.conf, httpd-dav.conf)

Example .htaccess Files

Here are some samples and examples taken from different .htaccess files I've used over the years. Specific solutions are farther down on this page and throughout the site.

# Set the Time Zone of your Server
SetEnv TZ America/Indianapolis
# ServerAdmin:  This address appears on some server-generated pages, such as error documents.
SetEnv SERVER_ADMIN webmaster@askapache.com
# Possible values for the Options directive are "None", "All", or any combination of:
#  Indexes Includes FollowSymLinks SymLinksifOwnerMatch ExecCGI MultiViews
Options -ExecCGI -MultiViews -Includes -Indexes FollowSymLinks
# DirectoryIndex: sets the file that Apache will serve if a directory is requested.
DirectoryIndex index.html index.php /index.php
#
# Action lets you define media types that will execute a script whenever
# a matching file is called. This eliminates the need for repeated URL
# pathnames for oft-used CGI file processors.
# Format: Action media/type /cgi-script/location
# Format: Action handler-name /cgi-script/location
#
Action php5-cgi /bin/php.cgi
#
# AddHandler allows you to map certain file extensions to "handlers":
# actions unrelated to filetype. These can be either built into the server
# or added with the Action directive (see below)
#
# To use CGI scripts outside of ScriptAliased directories:
# (You will also need to add "ExecCGI" to the "Options" directive.)
#
AddHandler php-cgi .php .inc
# Commonly used filename extensions to character sets.
AddDefaultCharset UTF-8
# AddType allows you to add to or override the MIME configuration
AddType 'application/rdf+xml; charset=UTF-8' .rdf
AddType 'application/xhtml+xml; charset=UTF-8' .xhtml
AddType 'application/xhtml+xml; charset=UTF-8' .xhtml.gz
AddType 'text/html; charset=UTF-8' .html
AddType 'text/html; charset=UTF-8' .html.gz
AddType application/octet-stream .rar .chm .bz2 .tgz .msi .pdf .exe
AddType application/vnd.ms-excel .csv
AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps
AddType application/x-pilot .prc .pdb
AddType application/x-shockwave-flash .swf
AddType application/xrds+xml .xrdf
AddType text/plain .ini .sh .bsh .bash .awk .nawk .gawk .csh .var .c .in .h .asc .md5 .sha .sha1
AddType video/x-flv .flv
# AddEncoding allows you to have certain browsers uncompress information on the fly. Note: Not all browsers support this.
AddEncoding x-compress .Z
AddEncoding x-gzip .gz .tgz
# DefaultType: the default MIME type the server will use for a document.
DefaultType text/html
#
# Optionally add a line containing the server version and virtual host
# name to server-generated pages (internal error documents, FTP directory
# listings, mod_status and mod_info output etc., but not CGI generated
# documents or custom error documents).
# Set to "EMail" to also include a mailto: link to the ServerAdmin.
# Set to one of:  On | Off | EMail
#
ServerSignature Off

## MAIN DEFAULTS
Options +ExecCGI -Indexes
DirectoryIndex index.html index.htm index.php
DefaultLanguage en-US
AddDefaultCharset UTF-8
ServerSignature Off
## ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
SetEnv PHPRC /webroot/includes
SetEnv TZ America/Indianapolis
 
SetEnv SERVER_ADMIN webmaster@askapache.com
## MIME TYPES
AddType video/x-flv .flv
AddType application/x-shockwave-flash .swf
AddType image/x-icon .ico
## FORCE FILE TO DOWNLOAD INSTEAD OF APPEAR IN BROWSER
# http://www.htaccesselite.com/addtype-addhandler-action-vf6.html
AddType application/octet-stream .mov .mp3 .zip
## ERRORDOCUMENTS
# http://askapache.com/htaccess/apache-status-code-headers-errordocument.html
ErrorDocument 400 /e400/
ErrorDocument 401 /e401/
ErrorDocument 402 /e402/
ErrorDocument 403 /e403/
ErrorDocument 404 /e404/
#
# Handlers be builtin, included in a module, or added with Action directive
# default-handler: default, handles static content (core)
#   send-as-is: Send file with HTTP headers (mod_asis)
#   cgi-script: treat file as CGI script (mod_cgi)
#    imap-file: Parse as an imagemap rule file (mod_imap)
#   server-info: Get server config info (mod_info)
#  server-status: Get server status report (mod_status)
#    type-map: type map file for content negotiation (mod_negotiation)
#  fastcgi-script: treat file as fastcgi script (mod_fastcgi)
#
# http://www.askapache.com/php/custom-phpini-tips-and-tricks.html
## PARSE AS CGI
AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl .spl
## RUN PHP AS APACHE MODULE
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php .php .htm
## RUN PHP AS CGI
AddHandler php-cgi .php .htm
## CGI PHP WRAPPER FOR CUSTOM PHP.INI
AddHandler phpini-cgi .php .htm
Action phpini-cgi /cgi-bin/php5-custom-ini.cgi
## FAST-CGI SETUP WITH PHP-CGI WRAPPER FOR CUSTOM PHP.INI
AddHandler fastcgi-script .fcgi
AddHandler php-cgi .php .htm
Action php-cgi /cgi-bin/php5-wrapper.fcgi
## CUSTOM PHP CGI BINARY SETUP
AddHandler php-cgi .php .htm
Action php-cgi /cgi-bin/php.cgi
## PROCESS SPECIFIC FILETYPES WITH CGI-SCRIPT
Action image/gif /cgi-bin/img-create.cgi
## CREATE CUSTOM HANDLER FOR SPECIFIC FILE EXTENSIONS
AddHandler custom-processor .ssp
Action custom-processor /cgi-bin/myprocessor.cgi
### HEADER CACHING
# http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/speed-up-sites-with-htaccess-caching.html
<FilesMatch "\.(flv|gif|jpg|jpeg|png|ico)$">
Header set Cache-Control "max-age=2592000"
</FilesMatch>
<FilesMatch "\.(js|css|pdf|swf)$">
Header set Cache-Control "max-age=604800"
</FilesMatch>
<FilesMatch "\.(html|htm|txt)$">
Header set Cache-Control "max-age=600"
</FilesMatch>
<FilesMatch "\.(pl|php|cgi|spl|scgi|fcgi)$">
Header unset Cache-Control
</FilesMatch>
## ALTERNATE EXPIRES CACHING
# htaccesselite.com/d/use-htaccess-to-speed-up-your-site-discussion-vt67.html
ExpiresActive On
ExpiresDefault A604800
ExpiresByType image/x-icon A2592000
ExpiresByType application/x-javascript A2592000
ExpiresByType text/css A2592000
ExpiresByType text/html A300
<FilesMatch "\.(pl|php|cgi|spl|scgi|fcgi)$">
ExpiresActive Off
</FilesMatch>
## META HTTP-EQUIV REPLACEMENTS
<FilesMatch "\.(html|htm|php)$">
Header set imagetoolbar "no"
</FilesMatch>

Here are some default MOD_REWRITE code examples.

## REWRITE DEFAULTS
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
## REQUIRE SUBDOMAIN
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^subdomain\.askapache\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ http://subdomain.askapache.com/$1 [L,R=301]
## SEO REWRITES
RewriteRule ^(.*)/ve/(.*)$ $1/voluntary-employee/$2 [L,R=301]
RewriteRule ^(.*)/hsa/(.*)$ $1/health-saving-account/$2 [L,R=301]
## WORDPRESS
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f  # Existing File
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d  # Existing Directory
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
## ALTERNATIVE ANTI-HOTLINKING
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(subdomain\.)?askapache.com/.*$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^.*\.(bmp|tif|gif|jpg|jpeg|jpe|png)$ - [F]
## REDIRECT HOTLINKERS
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(subdomain\.)?askapache.com/.*$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^.*\.(bmp|tif|gif|jpg|jpeg|jpe|png)$ http://google.com [R]
## DENY REQUEST BASED ON REQUEST METHOD
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} ^(TRACE|TRACK|OPTIONS|HEAD)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^.*$ - [F]
## REDIRECT UPLOADS
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} ^(PUT|POST)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /cgi-bin/form-upload-processor.cgi?p=$1 [L,QSA]
## REQUIRE SSL EVEN WHEN MOD_SSL IS NOT LOADED
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on [NC]
RewriteRule ^.*$ https://%{SERVER_NAME}%{REQUEST_URI} [R,L]
### ALTERNATATIVE TO USING ERRORDOCUMENT
# http://www.htaccesselite.com/d/htaccess-errordocument-examples-vt11.html
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^.*$ /error.php [L]
## SEO REDIRECTS
Redirect 301 /2006/oldfile.html http://subdomain.askapache.com/newfile.html
RedirectMatch 301 /o/(.*)$ http://subdomain.askapache.com/s/dl/$1

Examples of protecting your files and securing with password protection.

#
# Require (user|group|valid-user) (username|groupname)
#
## BASIC PASSWORD PROTECTION
AuthType basic
AuthName "prompt"
AuthUserFile /.htpasswd
AuthGroupFile /dev/null
Require valid-user
## ALLOW FROM IP OR VALID PASSWORD
Require valid-user
Allow from 192.168.1.23
Satisfy Any
## PROTECT FILES
<FilesMatch "\.(htaccess|htpasswd|ini|phps|fla|psd|log|sh)$">
Order Allow,Deny
Deny from all
</FilesMatch>
## PREVENT HOTLINKING
SetEnvIfNoCase Referer "^http://subdomain.askapache.com/" good
SetEnvIfNoCase Referer "^$" good
<FilesMatch "\.(png|jpg|jpeg|gif|bmp|swf|flv)$">
Order Deny,Allow
Deny from all
Allow from env=good
ErrorDocument 403 http://www.google.com/intl/en_ALL/images/logo.gif
ErrorDocument 403 /images/you_bad_hotlinker.gif
</FilesMatch>
## LIMIT UPLOAD FILE SIZE TO PROTECT AGAINST DOS ATTACK
#bytes, 0-2147483647(2GB)
LimitRequestBody 10240000
## MOST SECURE WAY TO REQUIRE SSL
# http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/apache-ssl-in-htaccess-examples.html
SSLOptions +StrictRequire
SSLRequireSSL
SSLRequire %{HTTP_HOST} eq "askapache.com"
ErrorDocument 403 https://askapache.com
## COMBINED DEVELOPER HTACCESS CODE-USE THIS
<FilesMatch "\.(flv|gif|jpg|jpeg|png|ico|js|css|pdf|swf|html|htm|txt)$">
Header set Cache-Control "max-age=5"
</FilesMatch>
AuthType basic
AuthName "Ooops! Temporarily Under Construction..."
AuthUserFile /.htpasswd
AuthGroupFile /dev/null
Require valid-user      # password prompt for everyone else
Order Deny,Allow
Deny from all
Allow from 192.168.64.5   # Your, the developers IP address
Allow from w3.org      # css/xhtml check jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/
Allow from googlebot.com   # Allows google to crawl your pages
Satisfy Any        # no password required if host/ip is Allowed
## DONT HAVE TO EMPTY CACHE OR RELOAD TO SEE CHANGES
ExpiresDefault A5 #If using mod_expires
<FilesMatch "\.(flv|gif|jpg|jpeg|png|ico|js|css|pdf|swf|html|htm|txt)$">
Header set Cache-Control "max-age=5"
</FilesMatch>
## ALLOW ACCESS WITH PASSWORD OR NO PASSWORD FOR SPECIFIC IP/HOSTS
AuthType basic
AuthName "Ooops! Temporarily Under Construction..."
AuthUserFile /.htpasswd
AuthGroupFile /dev/null
Require valid-user      # password prompt for everyone else
Order Deny,Allow
Deny from all
Allow from 192.168.64.5   # Your, the developers IP address
Allow from w3.org      # css/xhtml check jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/
Allow from googlebot.com   # Allows google to crawl your pages
Satisfy Any        # no password required if host/ip is Allowed

Example .htaccess Code Snippets

Here are some specific examples, this is the most popular section of this page. Updated frequently.

Redirect Everyone Except IP address to alternate page

ErrorDocument 403 http://www.yahoo.com/
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
Allow from 208.113.134.190

When developing sites

This lets google crawl the page, lets me access without a password, and lets my client access the page WITH a password. It also allows for XHTML and CSS validation! (w3.org)

AuthName "Under Development"
AuthUserFile /home/sitename.com/.htpasswd
AuthType basic
Require valid-user
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
Allow from 208.113.134.190 w3.org htmlhelp.com googlebot.com
Satisfy Any

Fix double-login prompt

Redirect non-https requests to https server and ensure that .htpasswd authorization can only be entered across HTTPS

SSLOptions +StrictRequire
SSLRequireSSL
SSLRequire %{HTTP_HOST} eq "askapache.com"
ErrorDocument 403 https://askapache.com

Set Timezone of the Server (GMT)

SetEnv TZ America/Indianapolis

Administrator Email for ErrorDocument

SetEnv SERVER_ADMIN webmaster@google.com

ServerSignature for ErrorDocument

ServerSignature off | on | email

Charset and Language headers

Article: Setting Charset in htaccess, and article by Richard Ishida

AddDefaultCharset UTF-8
DefaultLanguage en-US

Disallow Script Execution

Options -ExecCGI
AddHandler cgi-script .php .pl .py .jsp .asp .htm .shtml .sh .cgi

Deny Request Methods

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} !^(GET|HEAD|OPTIONS|POST|PUT)
RewriteRule .* - [F]

Force "File Save As" Prompt

AddType application/octet-stream .avi .mpg .mov .pdf .xls .mp4

Show CGI Source Code

RemoveHandler cgi-script .pl .py .cgi
AddType text/plain .pl .py .cgi

Serve all .pdf files on your site using .htaccess and mod_rewrite with the php script.

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f
RewriteRule ^(.+)\.pdf$  /cgi-bin/pdf.php?file=$1 [L,NC,QSA]

Rewrite to www

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/(robots\.txt|favicon\.ico|sitemap\.xml)$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.askapache\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.askapache.com/$1 [R=301,L]

Rewrite to www dynamically

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/robots\.txt$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.[a-z-]+\.[a-z]{2,6} [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ([a-z-]+\.[a-z]{2,6})$   [NC]
RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ http://%1/$1 [R=301,L]

301 Redirect Old File

Redirect 301 /old/file.html http://www.askapache.com/new/file.html

301 Redirect Entire Directory

RedirectMatch 301 /blog(.*) http://www.askapache.com/$1

Protecting your php.cgi

<FilesMatch "^php5?\.(ini|cgi)$">
Order Deny,Allow
Deny from All
Allow from env=REDIRECT_STATUS
</FilesMatch>

Set Cookie based on Request

This code sends the Set-Cookie header to create a cookie on the client with the value of a matching item in 2nd parantheses.

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^(.*)(de|es|fr|it|ja|ru|en)/$ - [co=lang:$2:.askapache.com:7200:/]

Set Cookie with env variable

Header set Set-Cookie "language=%{lang}e; path=/;" env=lang

Custom ErrorDocuments

ErrorDocument 100 /100_CONTINUE
ErrorDocument 101 /101_SWITCHING_PROTOCOLS
ErrorDocument 102 /102_PROCESSING
ErrorDocument 200 /200_OK
ErrorDocument 201 /201_CREATED
ErrorDocument 202 /202_ACCEPTED
ErrorDocument 203 /203_NON_AUTHORITATIVE
ErrorDocument 204 /204_NO_CONTENT
ErrorDocument 205 /205_RESET_CONTENT
ErrorDocument 206 /206_PARTIAL_CONTENT
ErrorDocument 207 /207_MULTI_STATUS
ErrorDocument 300 /300_MULTIPLE_CHOICES
ErrorDocument 301 /301_MOVED_PERMANENTLY
ErrorDocument 302 /302_MOVED_TEMPORARILY
ErrorDocument 303 /303_SEE_OTHER
ErrorDocument 304 /304_NOT_MODIFIED
ErrorDocument 305 /305_USE_PROXY
ErrorDocument 307 /307_TEMPORARY_REDIRECT
ErrorDocument 400 /400_BAD_REQUEST
ErrorDocument 401 /401_UNAUTHORIZED
ErrorDocument 402 /402_PAYMENT_REQUIRED
ErrorDocument 403 /403_FORBIDDEN
ErrorDocument 404 /404_NOT_FOUND
 
ErrorDocument 405 /405_METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED
ErrorDocument 406 /406_NOT_ACCEPTABLE
ErrorDocument 407 /407_PROXY_AUTHENTICATION_REQUIRED
ErrorDocument 408 /408_REQUEST_TIME_OUT
ErrorDocument 409 /409_CONFLICT
ErrorDocument 410 /410_GONE
ErrorDocument 411 /411_LENGTH_REQUIRED
ErrorDocument 412 /412_PRECONDITION_FAILED
ErrorDocument 413 /413_REQUEST_ENTITY_TOO_LARGE
ErrorDocument 414 /414_REQUEST_URI_TOO_LARGE
ErrorDocument 415 /415_UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE
ErrorDocument 416 /416_RANGE_NOT_SATISFIABLE
ErrorDocument 417 /417_EXPECTATION_FAILED
ErrorDocument 422 /422_UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY
ErrorDocument 423 /423_LOCKED
ErrorDocument 424 /424_FAILED_DEPENDENCY
ErrorDocument 426 /426_UPGRADE_REQUIRED
ErrorDocument 500 /500_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR
ErrorDocument 501 /501_NOT_IMPLEMENTED
ErrorDocument 502 /502_BAD_GATEWAY
ErrorDocument 503 /503_SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE
ErrorDocument 504 /504_GATEWAY_TIME_OUT
ErrorDocument 505 /505_VERSION_NOT_SUPPORTED
ErrorDocument 506 /506_VARIANT_ALSO_VARIES
ErrorDocument 507 /507_INSUFFICIENT_STORAGE
ErrorDocument 510 /510_NOT_EXTENDED

Implementing a Caching Scheme with .htaccess

# year
<FilesMatch "\.(ico|pdf|flv|jpg|jpeg|png|gif|swf|mp3|mp4)$">
Header set Cache-Control "public"
Header set Expires "Thu, 15 Apr 2010 20:00:00 GMT"
Header unset Last-Modified
</FilesMatch>
#2 hours
<FilesMatch "\.(html|htm|xml|txt|xsl)$">
Header set Cache-Control "max-age=7200, must-revalidate"
</FilesMatch>
<FilesMatch "\.(js|css)$">
SetOutputFilter DEFLATE
Header set Expires "Thu, 15 Apr 2010 20:00:00 GMT"
</FilesMatch>

Password Protect single file

<Files login.php>
AuthName "Prompt"
AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile /home/askapache.com/.htpasswd
Require valid-user
</Files>

Password Protect multiple files

<FilesMatch "^(private|phpinfo)\.*$">
AuthName "Development"
AuthUserFile /.htpasswd
AuthType basic
Require valid-user
</FilesMatch>

Send Custom Headers

Header set P3P "policyref=\"http://www.askapache.com/w3c/p3p.xml\""
Header set X-Pingback "http://www.askapache.com/xmlrpc.php"
Header set Content-Language "en-US"
Header set Vary "Accept-Encoding"

Blocking based on User-Agent Header

SetEnvIfNoCase ^User-Agent$ .*(craftbot|download|extract|stripper|sucker|ninja|clshttp|webspider|leacher|collector|grabber|webpictures) HTTP_SAFE_BADBOT
SetEnvIfNoCase ^User-Agent$ .*(libwww-perl|aesop_com_spiderman) HTTP_SAFE_BADBOT
Deny from env=HTTP_SAFE_BADBOT

Blocking with RewriteCond

RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*(craftbot|download|extract|stripper|sucker|ninja|clshttp|webspider|leacher|collector|grabber|webpictures).*$ [NC]
RewriteRule . - [F,L]

.htaccess for mod_php

SetEnv PHPRC /location/todir/containing/phpinifile

.htaccess for php as cgi

AddHandler php-cgi .php .htm
Action php-cgi /cgi-bin/php5.cgi

Shell wrapper for custom php.ini

#!/bin/sh
export PHP_FCGI_CHILDREN=3
exec php5.cgi -c /abs/php5/php.ini

Add values from HTTP Headers

SetEnvIfNoCase ^If-Modified-Since$ "(.+)" HTTP_IF_MODIFIED_SINCE=$1
SetEnvIfNoCase ^If-None-Match$ "(.+)" HTTP_IF_NONE_MATCH=$1
SetEnvIfNoCase ^Cache-Control$ "(.+)" HTTP_CACHE_CONTROL=$1
SetEnvIfNoCase ^Connection$ "(.+)" HTTP_CONNECTION=$1
SetEnvIfNoCase ^Keep-Alive$ "(.+)" HTTP_KEEP_ALIVE=$1
SetEnvIfNoCase ^Authorization$ "(.+)" HTTP_AUTHORIZATION=$1
SetEnvIfNoCase ^Cookie$ "(.+)" HTTP_MY_COOKIE=$1

Stop hotlinking

RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(www\.)?askapache.com/.*$ [NC]
RewriteRule \.(gif|jpg|swf|flv|png)$ http://www.askapache.com/feed.gif [R=302,L]

Turn logging off for IP

SecFilterSelective REMOTE_ADDR "208\.113\.183\.103" "nolog,noauditlog,pass"

Turn logging on for IP

SecFilterSelective REMOTE_ADDR "!^208\.113\.183\.103" "nolog,noauditlog,pass"
SecFilterSelective REMOTE_ADDR "208\.113\.183\.103" "log,auditlog,pass"

Advanced Mod_Rewrite Examples

Best .htaccess Articles

.htaccess for Webmasters

Mod_Rewrite URL Rewriting

Undocumented techniques and methods will allow you to utilize mod_rewrite at an "expert level" by showing you how to unlock its secrets.

301 Redirects without mod_rewrite

Secure PHP with .htaccess

Locking down your php.ini and php cgi with .htaccessIf you have a php.cgi or php.ini file in your /cgi-bin/ directory or other pub directory, try requesting them from your web browser. If your php.ini shows up or worse you are able to execute your php cgi, you'll need to secure it ASAP. This shows several ways to secure these files, and other interpreters like perl, fastCGI, bash, csh, etc.

.htaccess Cookie Manipulation

Cookie Manipulation in .htaccess with RewriteRuleFresh .htaccess code for you! Check out the Cookie Manipulation and environment variable usage with mod_rewrite! I also included a couple Mod_Security .htaccess examples. Enjoy!

.htaccess Caching

Password Protection and Authentication

Control HTTP Headers

Blocking Spam and bad Bots

Block Bad RobotWant to block a bad robot or web scraper using .htaccess files? Here are 2 methods that illustrate blocking 436 various user-agents. You can block them using either SetEnvIf methods, or by using Rewrite Blocks.

PHP htaccess tips

By using some cool .htaccess tricks we can control PHP to be run as a cgi or a module. If php is run as a cgi then we need to compile it ourselves or use .htaccess to force php to use a local php.ini file. If it is running as a module then we can use various directives supplied by that modules in .htaccess

HTTP to HTTPS Redirects with mod_rewrite

HTTP to HTTPS Redirects with mod_rewriteThis is freaking sweet if you use SSL I promise you! Basically instead of having to check for HTTPS using a RewriteCond %{HTTPS} =on for every redirect that can be either HTTP or HTTPS, I set an environment variable once with the value "http" or "https" if HTTP or HTTPS is being used for that request, and use that env variable in the RewriteRule.

SSL in .htaccess

SetEnvIf and SetEnvIfNoCase in .htaccess

Site Security with .htaccess

chmod .htpasswd files 640, chmod .htaccess 644, php files 600, and chmod files that you really dont want people to see as 400. (NEVER chmod 777, try 766)

.htaccess Security with MOD_SECURITY

Merging Notes

The order of merging is:

  1. <Directory> (except regular expressions) and .htaccess done simultaneously (with .htaccess, if allowed, overriding <Directory>)
  2. <DirectoryMatch> (and <Directory ~>)
  3. <Files> and <FilesMatch> done simultaneously
  4. <Location> and <LocationMatch> done simultaneously

Below is an artificial example to show the order of merging. Assuming they all apply to the request, the directives in this example will be applied in the order:

A > B > C > D > E

. 
<Location />
E
</Location>
<Files askapache.txt>
D
</Files>
<VirtualHost *>
<Directory /a/b>
B
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
<DirectoryMatch "^.*b$">
C
</DirectoryMatch>
<Directory /a/b>
A
</Directory>

My Favorite .htaccess Links

These are just some of my favorite .htaccess resources. I'm really into doing your own hacking to get knowledge and these links are all great resources in that respect. I'm really interested in new or unusual htaccess solutions or htaccess hacks using .htaccess files, so let me know if you find one.

NCSA HTTPd Tutorials

Robert Hansen
Here's a great Hardening HTAccess part 1, part 2, part 3 article that goes into detail about some of the rarer security applications for .htaccess files.

SAMAXES
Some very detailed and helpful .htaccess articles, such as the ".htaccess - gzip and cache your site for faster loading and bandwidth saving."

PerishablePress
Stupid .htaccess tricks is probably the best explanation online for many of the best .htaccess solutions, including many from this page. Unlike me they are fantastic writers, even for technical stuff they are very readable, so its a good blog to kick back on and read. They also have a fantastic article detailing how to block/deny specific requests using mod_rewrite.

BlogSecurity
Mostly a site for... blog security (which is really any web-app security) this blog has a few really impressive articles full of solid information for Hardening WordPress with .htaccess among more advanced topics that can be challenging but effective. This is a good site to subscribe to their feed, they publish plugin exploits and wordpress core vulnerabilities quite a bit.

Check-These
Oldschool security/unix dude with some incredibly detailed mod_rewrite tutorials, helped me the most when I first got into this, and a great guy too. See: Basic Mod_Rewrite Guide, and Advanced Mod_Rewrite Tutorial

Reaper-X
Alot of .htaccess tutorials and code. See: Hardening WordPress with Mod Rewrite and htaccess

jdMorgan
jdMorgan is the Moderator of the Apache Forum at WebmasterWorld, a great place for answers. In my experience he can answer any tough question pertaining to advanced .htaccess usage, haven't seen him stumped yet.

The W3C
Setting Charset in .htaccess is very informative.

Holy Shmoly!
A great blogger with analysis of attacks and spam. See: More ways to stop spammers and unwanted traffic.

Apache Week
A partnership with Red Hat back in the 90's that produced some excellent documentation.

Corz
Here's a resource that I consider to have some of the most creative and ingenious ideas for .htaccess files, although the author is somewhat of a character ;) Its a trip trying to navigate around the site, a fun trip. Its like nothing I've ever seen. There are only a few articles on the site, but the htaccess articles are very original and well-worth a look. See: htaccess tricks and tips.

Htaccess Directives

This is an AskApache.com exclusive you won't find this anywhere else.

Directory, DirectoryMatch, Files, FilesMatch, IfDefine, IfVersion, IfModule, Limit, LimitExcept, Location, LocationMatch, Proxy, ProxyMatch, VirtualHost, AcceptMutex, AcceptPathInfo, AccessFileName, Action, AddCharset, AddDefaultCharset, AddDescription, AddEncoding, AddHandler, AddInputFilter, AddLanguage, AddOutputFilter, AddOutputFilterByType, AddType, Alias, AliasMatch, AllowCONNECT, AllowOverride, Anonymous, Anonymous_Authoritative, Anonymous_LogEmail, Anonymous_MustGiveEmail, Anonymous_NoUserId, Anonymous_VerifyEmail, AuthAuthoritative, AuthDBMAuthoritative, AuthDBMGroupFile, AuthDBMType, AuthDBMUserFile, AuthDigestAlgorithm, AuthDigestDomain, AuthDigestFile, AuthDigestGroupFile, AuthDigestNcCheck, AuthDigestNonceFormat, AuthDigestNonceLifetime, AuthDigestQop, AuthDigestShmemSize, AuthGroupFile, AuthName, AuthType, AuthUserFile, BS2000Account, BrowserMatch, BrowserMatchNoCase, CacheNegotiatedDocs, CharsetDefault, CharsetOptions, CharsetSourceEnc, CheckSpelling, ContentDigest, CookieDomain, CookieExpires, CookieName, CookieStyle, CookieTracking, CoreDumpDirectory, DAV, DAVDepthInfinity, DAVMinTimeout, DefaultIcon, DefaultLanguage, DefaultType, DocumentRoot, ErrorDocument, ErrorLog, ExtFilterDefine, ExtFilterOptions, FancyIndexing, FileETag, ForceLanguagePriority, ForceType, GprofDir, Header, HeaderName, HostnameLookups, IdentityCheck, ImapBase, ImapDefault, ImapMenu, Include, IndexIgnore, LanguagePriority, LimitRequestBody, LimitRequestFields, LimitRequestFieldsize, LimitRequestLine, LimitXMLRequestBody, LockFile, LogLevel, MaxRequestsPerChild, MultiviewsMatch, NameVirtualHost, NoProxy, Options, PassEnv, PidFile, Port, ProxyBlock, ProxyDomain, ProxyErrorOverride, ProxyIOBufferSize, ProxyMaxForwards, ProxyPass, ProxyPassReverse, ProxyPreserveHost, ProxyReceiveBufferSize, ProxyRemote, ProxyRemoteMatch, ProxyRequests, ProxyTimeout, ProxyVia, RLimitCPU, RLimitMEM, RLimitNPROC, ReadmeName, Redirect, RedirectMatch, RedirectPermanent, RedirectTemp, RemoveCharset, RemoveEncoding, RemoveHandler, RemoveInputFilter, RemoveLanguage, RemoveOutputFilter, RemoveType, RequestHeader, Require, RewriteCond, RewriteRule, SSIEndTag, SSIErrorMsg, SSIStartTag, SSITimeFormat, SSIUndefinedEcho, Satisfy, ScoreBoardFile, Script, ScriptAlias, ScriptAliasMatch, ScriptInterpreterSource, ServerAdmin, ServerAlias, ServerName, ServerPath, ServerRoot, ServerSignature, ServerTokens, SetEnv, SetEnvIf, SetEnvIfNoCase, SetHandler, SetInputFilter, SetOutputFilter, Timeout, TypesConfig, UnsetEnv, UseCanonicalName, XBitHack, allow, deny, order, CGIMapExtension, EnableMMAP, ISAPIAppendLogToErrors, ISAPIAppendLogToQuery, ISAPICacheFile, ISAPIFakeAsync, ISAPILogNotSupported, ISAPIReadAheadBuffer, SSLLog, SSLLogLevel, MaxMemFree, ModMimeUsePathInfo, EnableSendfile, ProxyBadHeader, AllowEncodedSlashes, LimitInternalRecursion, EnableExceptionHook, TraceEnable, ProxyFtpDirCharset, AuthBasicAuthoritative, AuthBasicProvider, AuthDefaultAuthoritative, AuthDigestProvider, AuthLDAPAuthzEnabled, AuthLDAPBindDN, AuthLDAPBindPassword, AuthLDAPCharsetConfig, AuthLDAPCompareDNOnServer, AuthLDAPDereferenceAliases, AuthLDAPGroupAttribute, AuthLDAPGroupAttributeIsDN, AuthLDAPRemoteUserIsDN, AuthLDAPURL, AuthzDBMAuthoritative, AuthzDBMType, AuthzDefaultAuthoritative, AuthzGroupFileAuthoritative, AuthzLDAPAuthoritative, AuthzOwnerAuthoritative, AuthzUserAuthoritative, BalancerMember, DAVGenericLockDB, FilterChain, FilterDeclare, FilterProtocol, FilterProvider, FilterTrace, IdentityCheckTimeout, IndexStyleSheet, ProxyPassReverseCookieDomain, ProxyPassReverseCookiePath, ProxySet, ProxyStatus, ThreadStackSize, AcceptFilter, Protocol, AuthDBDUserPWQuery, AuthDBDUserRealmQuery, UseCanonicalPhysicalPort, CheckCaseOnly, AuthLDAPRemoteUserAttribute, ProxyPassMatch, SSIAccessEnable, Substitute, ProxyPassInterpolateEnv

Htaccess Modules

Here are most of the modules that come with Apache. Each one can have new commands that can be used in .htaccess file scopes.

mod_actions, mod_alias, mod_asis, mod_auth_basic, mod_auth_digest, mod_authn_anon, mod_authn_dbd, mod_authn_dbm, mod_authn_default, mod_authn_file, mod_authz_dbm, mod_authz_default, mod_authz_groupfile, mod_authz_host, mod_authz_owner, mod_authz_user, mod_autoindex, mod_cache, mod_cern_meta, mod_cgi, mod_dav, mod_dav_fs, mod_dbd, mod_deflate, mod_dir, mod_disk_cache, mod_dumpio, mod_env, mod_expires, mod_ext_filter, mod_file_cache, mod_filter, mod_headers, mod_ident, mod_imagemap, mod_include, mod_info, mod_log_config, mod_log_forensic, mod_logio, mod_mem_cache, mod_mime, mod_mime_magic, mod_negotiation, mod_proxy, mod_proxy_ajp, mod_proxy_balancer, mod_proxy_connect, mod_proxy_ftp, mod_proxy_http, mod_rewrite, mod_setenvif, mod_speling, mod_ssl, mod_status, mod_substitute, mod_unique_id, mod_userdir, mod_usertrack, mod_version, mod_vhost_alias

Htaccess Software

Apache HTTP Server comes with the following programs.

httpd
Apache hypertext transfer protocol server
apachectl
Apache HTTP server control interface
ab
Apache HTTP server benchmarking tool
apxs
APache eXtenSion tool
dbmmanage
Create and update user authentication files in DBM format for basic authentication
fcgistarter
Start a FastCGI program
htcacheclean
Clean up the disk cache
htdigest
Create and update user authentication files for digest authentication
htdbm
Manipulate DBM password databases.
htpasswd
Create and update user authentication files for basic authentication
httxt2dbm
Create dbm files for use with RewriteMap
logresolve
Resolve hostnames for IP-addresses in Apache logfiles
log_server_status
Periodically log the server's status
rotatelogs
Rotate Apache logs without having to kill the server
split-logfile
Split a multi-vhost logfile into per-host logfiles
suexec
Switch User For Exec

Technical Look at .htaccess

Source: Apache API notes

Per-directory configuration structures

Let's look out how all of this plays out in mod_mime.c, which defines the file typing handler which emulates the NCSA server's behavior of determining file types from suffixes. What we'll be looking at, here, is the code which implements the AddType and AddEncoding commands. These commands can appear in .htaccess files, so they must be handled in the module's private per-directory data, which in fact, consists of two separate tables for MIME types and encoding information, and is declared as follows:

table *forced_types;      /* Additional AddTyped stuff */
table *encoding_types;    /* Added with AddEncoding... */
mime_dir_config;

When the server is reading a configuration file, or <Directory> section, which includes one of the MIME module's commands, it needs to create a mime_dir_config structure, so those commands have something to act on. It does this by invoking the function it finds in the module's `create per-dir config slot', with two arguments: the name of the directory to which this configuration information applies (or NULL for srm.conf), and a pointer to a resource pool in which the allocation should happen.

(If we are reading a .htaccess file, that resource pool is the per-request resource pool for the request; otherwise it is a resource pool which is used for configuration data, and cleared on restarts. Either way, it is important for the structure being created to vanish when the pool is cleared, by registering a cleanup on the pool if necessary).

For the MIME module, the per-dir config creation function just ap_pallocs the structure above, and a creates a couple of tables to fill it. That looks like this:

void *create_mime_dir_config (pool *p, char *dummy)
mime_dir_config *new = (mime_dir_config *) ap_palloc (p, sizeof(mime_dir_config));
 
new->forced_types = ap_make_table (p, 4);
new->encoding_types = ap_make_table (p, 4);

Now, suppose we've just read in a .htaccess file. We already have the per-directory configuration structure for the next directory up in the hierarchy. If the .htaccess file we just read in didn't have any AddType or AddEncoding commands, its per-directory config structure for the MIME module is still valid, and we can just use it. Otherwise, we need to merge the two structures somehow.

To do that, the server invokes the module's per-directory config merge function, if one is present. That function takes three arguments: the two structures being merged, and a resource pool in which to allocate the result. For the MIME module, all that needs to be done is overlay the tables from the new per-directory config structure with those from the parent:

void *merge_mime_dir_configs (pool *p, void *parent_dirv, void *subdirv)
mime_dir_config *parent_dir = (mime_dir_config *)parent_dirv;
mime_dir_config *subdir = (mime_dir_config *)subdirv;
mime_dir_config *new =  (mime_dir_config *)ap_palloc (p, sizeof(mime_dir_config));
new->forced_types = ap_overlay_tables (p, subdir->forced_types, parent_dir->forced_types);
new->encoding_types = ap_overlay_tables (p, subdir->encoding_types, parent_dir->encoding_types);

As a note --- if there is no per-directory merge function present, the server will just use the subdirectory's configuration info, and ignore the parent's. For some modules, that works just fine (e.g., for the includes module, whose per-directory configuration information consists solely of the state of the XBITHACK), and for those modules, you can just not declare one, and leave the corresponding structure slot in the module itself NULL.

Command handling

Now that we have these structures, we need to be able to figure out how to fill them. That involves processing the actual AddType and AddEncoding commands. To find commands, the server looks in the module's command table. That table contains information on how many arguments the commands take, and in what formats, where it is permitted, and so forth. That information is sufficient to allow the server to invoke most command-handling functions with pre-parsed arguments. Without further ado, let's look at the AddType command handler, which looks like this (the AddEncoding command looks basically the same, and won't be shown here):

char *add_type(cmd_parms *cmd, mime_dir_config *m, char *ct, char *ext)
if (*ext == '.') ++ext;
ap_table_set (m->forced_types, ext, ct);

This command handler is unusually simple. As you can see, it takes four arguments, two of which are pre-parsed arguments, the third being the per-directory configuration structure for the module in question, and the fourth being a pointer to a cmd_parms structure. That structure contains a bunch of arguments which are frequently of use to some, but not all, commands, including a resource pool (from which memory can be allocated, and to which cleanups should be tied), and the (virtual) server being configured, from which the module's per-server configuration data can be obtained if required.

Another way in which this particular command handler is unusually simple is that there are no error conditions which it can encounter. If there were, it could return an error message instead of NULL; this causes an error to be printed out on the server's stderr, followed by a quick exit, if it is in the main config files; for a .htaccess file, the syntax error is logged in the server error log (along with an indication of where it came from), and the request is bounced with a server error response (HTTP error status, code 500).

The MIME module's command table has entries for these commands, which look like this:

command_rec mime_cmds[] =
{ "AddType", add_type, NULL, OR_FILEINFO, TAKE2, "a mime type followed by a file extension" },
{ "AddEncoding", add_encoding, NULL, OR_FILEINFO, TAKE2, "an encoding (e.g., gzip), followed by a file extension" },

The entries in these tables are:

  • The name of the command
  • The function which handles it a (void *) pointer, which is passed in the cmd_parms structure to the command handler --- this is useful in case many similar commands are handled by the same function.
  • A bit mask indicating where the command may appear. There are mask bits corresponding to each AllowOverride option, and an additional mask bit, RSRC_CONF, indicating that the command may appear in the server's own config files, but not in any .htaccess file.
  • A flag indicating how many arguments the command handler wants pre-parsed, and how they should be passed in. TAKE2 indicates two pre-parsed arguments. Other options are TAKE1, which indicates one pre-parsed argument, FLAG, which indicates that the argument should be On or Off, and is passed in as a boolean flag, RAW_ARGS, which causes the server to give the command the raw, unparsed arguments (everything but the command name itself). There is also ITERATE, which means that the handler looks the same as TAKE1, but that if multiple arguments are present, it should be called multiple times, and finally ITERATE2, which indicates that the command handler looks like a TAKE2, but if more arguments are present, then it should be called multiple times, holding the first argument constant.
  • Finally, we have a string which describes the arguments that should be present. If the arguments in the actual config file are not as required, this string will be used to help give a more specific error message. (You can safely leave this NULL).

Finally, having set this all up, we have to use it. This is ultimately done in the module's handlers, specifically for its file-typing handler, which looks more or less like this; note that the per-directory configuration structure is extracted from the request_rec's per-directory configuration vector by using the ap_get_module_config function.

Side notes --- per-server configuration, virtual servers, etc.

The basic ideas behind per-server module configuration are basically the same as those for per-directory configuration; there is a creation function and a merge function, the latter being invoked where a virtual server has partially overridden the base server configuration, and a combined structure must be computed. (As with per-directory configuration, the default if no merge function is specified, and a module is configured in some virtual server, is that the base configuration is simply ignored).

The only substantial difference is that when a command needs to configure the per-server private module data, it needs to go to the cmd_parms data to get at it. Here's an example, from the alias module, which also indicates how a syntax error can be returned (note that the per-directory configuration argument to the command handler is declared as a dummy, since the module doesn't actually have per-directory config data):

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Scroll Logs on Alternate Monitor for Server DebuggingOk peeps, one of the coolest hacks yet. If you have multiple PC's/Monitors at your workstation like I do, it can be helpful to display various information on one screen while you work on another.

This article shows how I continuously scroll the logs for a server/site I am working on, thus saving me a lot of time by providing real-time debugging on a separate screen. Not only does this scroll the latest log entries as they are created, it displays them in color using syntax highlighting to make your logs incredibly easy to understand and parse.

Example Output

The thing to realize is that this output is continuously scrolling on your monitor, and using some cool linux shell tricks you can make it output at a certain speed and show a certain number of lines. Another cool feature is you can display multiple files at the same time, and the filename will be output for each file above the log output.

Colored Apache Server Logs Scrolling Display

What Logs

I've explained in various articles on this site how to create and use various custom log files using .htaccess files and other tricks for non-root users. I use shared hosting all the time too you know... Here are some log files you can generally use if you can use .htaccess files (if you can control .htaccess you can control a binary php-cgi, which could be a shell script thats execs the php binary of your choice with your own environment variables, which is a workaround to getting a custom php.ini, which is how you specify a php error log).

  • php error log
  • mod_security audit log
  • mod_security debug log
  • apache error log
  • apache access log

Any log file can be used with this method, actually ANY file containing text can be used with this method, even fifo pipes as we will see in a bit ;)

Installation

PCRE

First you need PCRE - Perl Compatible Regular Expressions, which you can download here. Note that I had to install pcre version 6.7 to get it to work with ccze.

CCZE

Now you need CCZE, which colorizes and outputs (emulating tail) the log files.

CCZE is a robust and modular log colorizer with plugins for apm, exim, fetchmail, httpd, postfix, procmail, squid, syslog, ulogd, vsftpd, xferlog, and more.

Post-Install Setup

Ok so once you've installed ccze you can start using it right away, or you can continue reading to see how I've set it up for readable scrolling. If the following setup isn't to your taste, you can always just use wtail, a colorless multi-file scroller that uses separate scrolling windows in your terminal similar to the screen program.

Create Logs Folder

First I created a folder called /logs/ for my site, then for all subsequent commands chdir to it.

$ mkdir /home/site.com/logs
$ cd /home/site.com/logs

Create Symlinks to Logs

In the new logs folder I created soft symlinks to all the various log files, not neccessary but makes everything much easier and organized.

$ ln -s /actual/logs/site.com/http/access.log access.log
$ ln -s /actual/logs/site.com/http/error.log error.log
$ ln -s /home/site.com/php_error.log php_error.log
$ ln -s /home/site.com/modsec_audit.log modsec_audit.log
$ ln -s /home/site.com/modsec_debug.log modsec_debug.log

Make a fifo Pipe

FIFO stands for first-in-first-out and is a somewhat complex feature of linux/bsd/unix shells that let you send data into it and read the data that comes out of it, just like a pipe.

$ mkfifo pipe

Scrolling the Logs

First cd to the log directory you created.

$ cd /home/site.com/logs

Now we will use the tail program to output 120 lines of each of these log files every half of a second, only displaying changes/new log entries. We send that output into the fifo pipe we created using shell redirection and then instruct the command to run in the background using the ampersand to access built-in (bash/sh) job control.

$ tail -s .5 -n 120 -f access.log php_error.log error.log modsec_audit.log >pipe &

Displaying the Colorized Scrolling Output

So every .5 seconds the tail command outputs any new log entries from those files into the fifo pipe, so now we need to use the ccze program to use the fifo pipe as its input log file. Normally you run ccze like the cat command and it just outputs the input colorized, by using tail and a fifo pipe we are able to make this awesome trick work.

To current TTY

$ ccze <pipe

To any TTY

$ ccze < pipe >/dev/pts/2 &

Save All Colored Output

This appends the colorized output to the file in the CWD, super.log

$ ccze -A <pipe | tee -a super.log

Kill the Scrolling

Immediately kills any processes used by tail and ccze.

$ pkill -9 ccze\|tail

Going Further. Hackers only.

Here are some other examples of using ccze with fifo pipes, more as an excercise than anything practical as most lines don't work, I just grabbed them from my shell history file.

tail -f access.log >pipe & ccze <pipe | tee -a super.log >/dev/pts/2
tail -f access.log >pipe & ccze <pipe | tee -a super.log >/dev/pts/2 &
 
exec 3<> pipe; while ccze >/dev/pts/2 <&3; do tail -f access.log >pipe; done; exec 3>&-
exec 3<> pipe; ccze <&3 >/dev/pts/2 & ; tail -f access.log >pipe; exec 3>&-
exec 3<> pipe; ccze <&3 >/dev/pts/2 & ; tail -f access.log >pipe
exec 3<> pipe; ccze <&3 >/dev/pts/2 & tail -f access.log >pipe
ccze <&3 >/dev/pts/2 &
ccze 0<&3 |tee -a super.log > /dev/pts/2 &
ccze <&3 |tee -a super.log > /dev/pts/2 &
ccze <pipe |tee -a /dev/pts/2 & tail -s .5 -n 120 -f php_error.log error.log modsec_audit.log >pipe &
ccze | tee -a /dev/pts/2 <pipe
 
ccze < tee -a /dev/pts/2 pipe >/dev/pts/2
ccze <|tee -a /dev/pts/2 pipe >/dev/pts/2
ccze <tee -a /dev/pts/2 <pipe
ccze <pipe >> tee -a super.log >/dev/pts/2
cat <pipe | ccze
ccze <pipe >>/dev/pts/2 &
 
tail -fq access.log | ccze  &>/dev/pts/1
tail -qf access.log |ccze &>/dev/pts/1 &
tail -f access.log | ccze > $SSH_TTY
 
( ccze > /dev/pts/2 )<pipe
( ccze > /dev/pts/2 )<pipe
( ccze > /dev/pts/2 )<pipe & tail -f access.log | pipe
( ccze > /dev/pts/2 )<pipe & tail -f access.log | ./pipe
 
ccze <pipe > /dev/pts/2 & tail -f access.log >pipe
ccze  <pipe> /dev/pts/2 & tail -f access.log >pipe
ccze  < pipe > /dev/pts/2 & tail -f access.log >pipe
ccze < pipe >/dev/pts/2 & tail -f access.log >pipe
ccze < pipe >/dev/pts/2 & tail -f access.log >pipe &
ccze < pipe >/dev/pts/2 & tail -n 40 -s 2 -f error.log modsec_audit.log php_error.log  >pipe &
ccze < pipe >| tee -a super.log | >/dev/pts/2 & tail -n 80 -s 1 -f error.log modsec_audit.log php_error.log  >pipe &
ccze < pipe >/dev/pts/2 & tail -n 100 -s 1 -f error.log modsec_audit.log php_error.log >pipe &
ccze < pipe >/dev/pts/2 & tail -n 100 -s 1 -f error.log modsec_audit.log php_error.log >pipe &
 
tail -f access.log | ccze > pipe & /dev/pts/2/<pipe
tail -f access.log | ccze > pipe & /dev/pts/2<pipe
 
ccze < $(tail -n 20 -s 1 -f access.log)
ccze < | $(tail -n 20 -s 1 -f access.log)
ccze < |$(tail -n 20 -s 1 -f access.log)

Shell Script

I also hacked together a little shell script that you may wish to hack to your needs. Its actually pretty sweet if you can figure it out.

#!/bin/bash -l
set -o xtrace
renice -p $$ 15
 
pkill -9 tee\|ccze &>/dev/null || echo -n
disown -a &>/dev/null || echo
 
[[ -r "~/pipe" ]] && rm -rf ~/pipe
 
mkfifo ~/pipe
 
cd /home/askapache.com/logs
 
[[ -r "superlog.log" ]] && echo "Found old logfile, moving." && mv superlog.log `command ls|wc -l`-superlog.log
 
ccze <$HOME/pipe > $SSH_TTY & tail -n 150 -s .5 -f  php_error.log error.log modsec_audit.log >$HOME/pipe &
disown %2; && disown %3;
 
disown -a
 
sleep 60 &
disown $! || disown %1
 
for i in `seq 1 4`;do echo -n $'\a'; sleep 1;done
kill -9 $J1
kill -9 $J2
 
logout
exit 0

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Misc SSL Tricks

Fixing double-login

Fixes the double-login problem and making sure authorization usernames/passwords are not sent in cleartext unencrypted when using basic/digest authentication. This code is really, really nice because it fixes multiple issues with almost every other SSL redirect technique in htaccess files. (I discovered this one on my own). See also: Additional https/ssl information

Duplicate Login Prompt Htaccess Code

SSLOptions +StrictRequire
SSLRequireSSL
SSLRequire %{HTTP_HOST} eq "google.com"
ErrorDocument 403 https://google.com

The problem with most techniques is REWRITING the URL.. so if you check the request to see if its being sent on port 443... guess what? in the interim it got sent! Most of the times the double login prompt error happens because users type in http://secureurl.com instead of https://secureurl.com. Most modern browsers automatically request the /favicon.ico file from the resource. In this case the resource is http instead of https like it should be.

Now with some of the other techniques below you can solve this problem, but you will still face a potential ssl security issue. What if a user types in https://secureurl.com:80 There are a lot of these types of weird ways to bypass security so I recommend using the SSLRequireSSL option always.

This will check to make sure that the connection IS using SSL, or it will fail. This works regardless of if your serving SSL on port 443, 80, 81, etc. This is the most secure setting for SSL logins. This also fixes having to type in the username and password twice by requiring the HTTP_HOST to match the HTTP_HOST that your SSL certificate is set-up for, in the case above, the SSL is for https://google.com not https://www.google.com. If any of the required conditions are not met the server returns a 403 Forbidden Status Code (before mod_rewrite starts) and the ErrorDocument directive catches the 403 to send the visitor a Redirect to https://google.com

Using SetEnvIf with SSL

SetEnvIf can be used to set/unset various variables that control apache via .htaccess or httpd.conf.

Disable keep-alive

SetEnvIf User-Agent ".*MSIE.*" nokeepalive

SSL Unclean Shutdown

SetEnvIf User-Agent ".*MSIE.*" ssl-unclean-shutdown

Combined keep-alive, ssl-unclean-shutdown

SetEnvIf User-Agent ".*MSIE.*" nokeepalive ssl-unclean-shutdown

CGI Environment Vars for SSL

This can be necessary for some cgi scripts served over SSL.

<Directory "/www/askapache.com/cgi-bin/">
SSLOptions +StdEnvVars 
</Directory>

Htaccess Rewrites

Any htaccess rewrite examples should begin with the following Options and the rewriterules at the top.

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

Rewrite non-HTTPS requests to HTTPS without mod_ssl

Here are several methods to rewrite ssl requests

Depending upon the HTTPS variable

The HTTPS variable is always present, even if mod_ssl isn't loaded!

RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
RewriteRule ^.*$ https://%{SERVER_NAME}%{REQUEST_URI} [R,L]

Based upon the SERVER_PORT

The SERVER_PORT variable is always present, and generally SSL runs on certain ports like 443.

RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} !^443$
RewriteRule ^.*$ https://%{SERVER_NAME}%{REQUEST_URI} [R,L]

Redirect everything on port 80 to SSL

RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} ^80$
RewriteRule ^.*$ https://%{SERVER_NAME}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]

Redirect to HTTPS with SEO 301 Rewrite

RewriteRule ^/normal/secure(/.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}$1 [R=301,L]

Check if the HTTPS variable is set

RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
RewriteRule ^(/secure/.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}$1 [R=301,L]

Switch to SSL/NON-SSL with relative urls

This lets you use hyperlinks of the form:
/document.html:SSL --> https://google.com/document.html
and
/document.html:NOSSL --> http://google.com/document.html

RewriteRule ^/(.*):SSL$ https://%{SERVER_NAME}/$1 [R,L]
RewriteRule ^/(.*):NOSSL$ http://%{SERVER_NAME}/$1 [R,L]

SSL Redirects with the Redirect Directive

Don't forget about the mod_alias redirect directives!

Redirect URL to HTTPS

See also: Redirect with redirectmatch

302 Redirect (Temporary)

Redirect / https://google.com/

SEO friendly 301 Redirect

Redirect 301 / https://google.com/

Redirect URL to HTTPS

See also: Redirect with redirectmatch

SSL Environment Variables

The mod_ssl module provides a lot of SSL information as additional environment variables to the SSI and CGI namespace. The generated variables are listed in the table below.

For a full list including sample values, view the Apache Variable Cheatsheet.

Variable Name:Value Type:Description:
HTTPSflagHTTPS is being used.
SSL_PROTOCOLstringThe SSL protocol version (SSLv2, SSLv3, TLSv1)
SSL_SESSION_IDstringThe hex-encoded SSL session id
SSL_CIPHERstringThe cipher specification name
SSL_CIPHER_EXPORTstringtrue if cipher is an export cipher
SSL_CIPHER_USEKEYSIZEnumberNumber of cipher bits (actually used)
SSL_CIPHER_ALGKEYSIZEnumberNumber of cipher bits (possible)
SSL_VERSION_INTERFACEstringThe mod_ssl program version
SSL_VERSION_LIBRARYstringThe OpenSSL program version
SSL_CLIENT_M_VERSIONstringThe version of the client certificate
SSL_CLIENT_M_SERIALstringThe serial of the client certificate
SSL_CLIENT_S_DNstringSubject DN in client's certificate
SSL_CLIENT_S_DN_x509stringComponent of client's Subject DN
SSL_CLIENT_I_DNstringIssuer DN of client's certificate
SSL_CLIENT_I_DN_x509stringComponent of client's Issuer DN
SSL_CLIENT_V_STARTstringValidity of client's certificate (start time)
SSL_CLIENT_V_ENDstringValidity of client's certificate (end time)
SSL_CLIENT_A_SIGstringAlgorithm used for the signature of client's certificate
SSL_CLIENT_A_KEYstringAlgorithm used for the public key of client's certificate
SSL_CLIENT_CERTstringPEM-encoded client certificate
SSL_CLIENT_CERT_CHAINnstringPEM-encoded certificates in client certificate chain
SSL_CLIENT_VERIFYstringNONE, SUCCESS, GENEROUS or FAILED:reason
SSL_SERVER_M_VERSIONstringThe version of the server certificate
SSL_SERVER_M_SERIALstringThe serial of the server certificate
SSL_SERVER_S_DNstringSubject DN in server's certificate
SSL_SERVER_S_DN_x509stringComponent of server's Subject DN
SSL_SERVER_I_DNstringIssuer DN of server's certificate
SSL_SERVER_I_DN_x509stringComponent of server's Issuer DN
SSL_SERVER_V_STARTstringValidity of server's certificate (start time)
SSL_SERVER_V_ENDstringValidity of server's certificate (end time)
SSL_SERVER_A_SIGstringAlgorithm used for the signature of server's certificate
SSL_SERVER_A_KEYstringAlgorithm used for the public key of server's certificate
SSL_SERVER_CERTstringPEM-encoded server certificate

[ where x509 is a component of a X.509 DN: C,ST,L,O,OU,CN,T,I,G,S,D,UID,Email ]

Apache SSL Logging

There are several ways to get the ssl logs setup the way you like.

Custom Log Formats

When mod_ssl is built into Apache or at least loaded (under DSO situation) additional functions exist for the Custom Log Format of mod_log_config. First there is an additional %{varname} extension format function which can be used to expand any variables provided by any module.

Note these can only go in the httpd.conf file, not in .htaccess.

CustomLog Example

CustomLog logs/ssl_request_log "%t %h %{SSL_PROTOCOL}x %{SSL_CIPHER}x \"%r\" %b"

CustomLog Example

CustomLog logs/ssl_access_log commonvhostssl

Custom LogFormat for SSL

These create 2 new log formats you can then use with the CustomLog directive.

LogFormat "%h %l %{SSL_CLIENT_S_DN_Email}x %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-agent}i\"" commonssl
LogFormat "%v %h %l %{SSL_CLIENT_S_DN_Email}x %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-agent}i\"" commonvhostssl

Conditional Logging with SetEnvIf

Based on the request you can choose to log or not to log.

Set dontlog variable for images

This will set the dontlog variable for requests ending in common image extensions.

SetEnvIfNoCase Request_URI \.(?:gif|jpe?g|flv|swf|ico)$ dontlog

CustomLog for non-images

This will only log requests when the dontlog variable is not set.

CustomLog logs/ssl_access_log commonvhostssl env=!dontlog

mod_ssl Directives Reference

Extensive information on mod_ssl is provided at: modssl.org: SSL Reference, including information about SSLPassPhraseDialog, SSLMutex, SSLRandomSeed, SSLSessionCache, SSLSessionCacheTimeout, SSLEngine, SSLProtocol, SSLCipherSuite, SSLCertificateFile, SSLCertificateKeyFile, SSLCertificateChainFile, SSLCACertificatePath, SSLCACertificateFile, SSLCARevocationPath, SSLCARevocationFile, SSLVerifyClient, SSLVerifyDepth, SSLLog, SSLLogLevel, SSLOptions, SSLRequireSSL, SSLRequire, among other valuable info.

SSLEngine Directive

  • Description : SSL Engine Operation Switch
  • Syntax : SSLEngine on|off
  • Default : SSLEngine off
  • server config, virtual host

This directive toggles the usage of the SSL/TLS Protocol Engine. This is usually used inside a section to enable SSL/TLS for a particular virtual host. By default the SSL/TLS Protocol Engine is disabled for both the main server and all configured virtual hosts.

SSLEngine Example

SSLEngine on

SSLOptions Directive

  • Description : Configure various SSL engine run-time options
  • Syntax : SSLOptions [+|-]option ...
  • server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess

This directive can be used to control various run-time options on a per-directory basis. Normally, if multiple SSLOptions could apply to a directory, then the most specific one is taken completely; the options are not merged. However if all the options on the SSLOptions directive are preceded by a plus (+) or minus (-) symbol, the options are merged. Any options preceded by a + are added to the options currently in force, and any options preceded by a - are removed from the options currently in force.

Available options

  • StdEnvVars When this option is enabled, the standard set of SSL related CGI/SSI environment variables are created. This per default is disabled for performance reasons, because the information extraction step is a rather expensive operation. So one usually enables this option for CGI and SSI requests only.
  • CompatEnvVars When this option is enabled, additional CGI/SSI environment variables are created for backward compatibility to other Apache SSL solutions. Look in the Compatibility chapter for details on the particular variables generated.
  • ExportCertData When this option is enabled, additional CGI/SSI environment variables are created: SSL_SERVER_CERT, SSL_CLIENT_CERT and SSL_CLIENT_CERT_CHAINn (with n = 0,1,2,..). These contain the PEM-encoded X.509 Certificates of server and client for the current HTTPS connection and can be used by CGI scripts for deeper Certificate checking. Additionally all other certificates of the client certificate chain are provided, too. This bloats up the environment a little bit which is why you have to use this option to enable it on demand.
  • FakeBasicAuth When this option is enabled, the Subject Distinguished Name (DN) of the Client X509 Certificate is translated into a HTTP Basic Authorization username. This means that the standard Apache authentication methods can be used for access control. The user name is just the Subject of the Client's X509 Certificate (can be determined by running OpenSSL's openssl x509 command: openssl x509 -noout -subject -in certificate.crt). Note that no password is obtained from the user. Every entry in the user file needs this password: xxj31ZMTZzkVA, which is the DES-encrypted version of the word `password''. Those who live under MD5-based encryption (for instance under FreeBSD or BSD/OS, etc.) should use the following MD5 hash of the same word: $1$OXLyS...$Owx8s2/m9/gfkcRVXzgoE/.
  • StrictRequire This forces forbidden access when SSLRequireSSL or SSLRequire successfully decided that access should be forbidden. Usually the default is that in the case where a Satisfy any directive is used, and other access restrictions are passed, denial of access due to SSLRequireSSL or SSLRequire is overridden (because that's how the Apache Satisfy mechanism should work.) But for strict access restriction you can use SSLRequireSSL and/or SSLRequire in combination with an SSLOptions +StrictRequire. Then an additional Satisfy Any has no chance once mod_ssl has decided to deny access.
  • OptRenegotiate This enables optimized SSL connection renegotiation handling when SSL directives are used in per-directory context. By default a strict scheme is enabled where every per-directory reconfiguration of SSL parameters causes a full SSL renegotiation handshake. When this option is used mod_ssl tries to avoid unnecessary handshakes by doing more granular (but still safe) parameter checks. Nevertheless these granular checks sometimes maybe not what the user expects, so enable this on a per-directory basis only, please.

SSLOptions Example

SSLOptions +FakeBasicAuth -StrictRequire +StdEnvVars +CompatEnvVars -ExportCertData

SSLRequire Directive

  • Description : Allow access only when an arbitrarily complex boolean expression is true
  • Syntax : SSLRequire expression
  • directory, .htaccess

This directive specifies a general access requirement which has to be fulfilled in order to allow access. It's a very powerful directive because the requirement specification is an arbitrarily complex boolean expression containing any number of access checks.

This function takes one string argument and expands to the contents of the file. This is especially useful for matching this contents against a regular expression, etc. Notice that expression is first parsed into an internal machine representation and then evaluated in a second step. Actually, in Global and Per-Server Class context expression is parsed at startup time and at runtime only the machine representation is executed. For Per-Directory context this is different: here expression has to be parsed and immediately executed for every request.

SSLRequire htaccess example

SSLRequire %{REMOTE_ADDR} =~ m/^192\.76\.162\.[0-9]+$/

SSLRequire multi-line htaccess example

SSLRequire (  %{SSL_CIPHER} !~ m/^(EXP|NULL)-/ and %{SSL_CLIENT_S_DN_O} eq "Snake Oil, Ltd." \
and %{SSL_CLIENT_S_DN_OU} in {"Staff", "CA", "Dev"} and %{TIME_WDAY} >= 1 and %{TIME_WDAY} <= 5 \
and %{TIME_HOUR} >= 8 and %{TIME_HOUR} <= 20   ) or %{REMOTE_ADDR} =~ m/^192\.76\.162\.[0-9]+$/

SSLRequireSSL Directive

  • Description : Deny access when SSL is not used for the HTTP request
  • Syntax : SSLRequireSSL
  • directory, .htaccess

This directive forbids access unless HTTP over SSL (i.e. HTTPS) is enabled for the current connection. This is very handy inside the SSL-enabled virtual host or directories for defending against configuration errors that expose stuff that should be protected. When this directive is present all requests are denied which are not using SSL. Example SSLRequireSSL

SSLUserName Directive

  • Description : Variable name to determine user name
  • Syntax : SSLUserName varname
  • server config, directory, .htaccess

This directive sets the "user" field in the Apache request object. This is used by lower modules to identify the user with a character string. In particular, this may cause the environment variable REMOTE_USER to be set. The varname can be any of the SSL environment variables.

SSLUserName usage example

SSLUserName SSL_CLIENT_S_DN_CN

SSLVerifyClient Directive

  • Description : Type of Client Certificate verification
  • Syntax : SSLVerifyClient level
  • Default : SSLVerifyClient none
  • server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess

This directive sets the Certificate verification level for the Client Authentication. Notice that this directive can be used both in per-server and per-directory context. In per-server context it applies to the client authentication process used in the standard SSL handshake when a connection is established. In per-directory context it forces a SSL renegotation with the reconfigured client verification level after the HTTP request was read but before the HTTP response is sent.

The following levels are available for level:

  • none : no client Certificate is required at all
  • optional : the client may present a valid Certificate
  • require : the client has to present a valid Certificate
  • optional_no_ca : the client may present a valid Certificate but it need not to be (successfully) verifiable.

In practice only levels none and require are really interesting, because level optional doesn't work with all browsers and level optional_no_ca is actually against the idea of authentication (but can be used to establish SSL test pages, etc.)

SSLVerifyClient example

SSLVerifyClient require

SSLVerifyDepth Directive

  • Description : Maximum depth of CA Certificates in Client Certificate verification
  • Syntax : SSLVerifyDepth number
  • Default : SSLVerifyDepth 1
  • server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess

This directive sets how deeply mod_ssl should verify before deciding that the clients don't have a valid certificate. Notice that this directive can be used both in per-server and per-directory context. In per-server context it applies to the client authentication process used in the standard SSL handshake when a connection is established. In per-directory context it forces a SSL renegotation with the reconfigured client verification depth after the HTTP request was read but before the HTTP response is sent. The depth actually is the maximum number of intermediate certificate issuers, i.e. the number of CA certificates which are max allowed to be followed while verifying the client certificate. A depth of 0 means that self-signed client certificates are accepted only, the default depth of 1 means the client certificate can be self-signed or has to be signed by a CA which is directly known to the server (i.e. the CA's certificate is under SSLCACertificatePath), etc.

SSLVerifyDepth example

SSLVerifyDepth 10

SSLCipherSuite Directive

  • Description: Cipher Suite available for negotiation in SSL handshake
  • Syntax : SSLCipherSuite cipher-spec
  • Default : SSLCipherSuite ALL:!ADH:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:+MEDIUM:+LOW:+SSLv2:+EXP
  • server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess
  • Override: AuthConfig
  • Status: Extension

This complex directive uses a colon-separated cipher-spec string consisting of OpenSSL cipher specifications to configure the Cipher Suite the client is permitted to negotiate in the SSL handshake phase. Notice that this directive can be used both in per-server and per-directory context. In per-server context it applies to the standard SSL handshake when a connection is established. In per-directory context it forces a SSL renegotation with the reconfigured Cipher Suite after the HTTP request was read but before the HTTP response is sent.

SSLCipherSuite Algorithms

An SSL cipher specification in cipher-spec is composed of 4 major attributes plus a few extra minor ones
  • Key Exchange Algorithm: RSA or Diffie-Hellman variants.
  • Authentication Algorithm: RSA, Diffie-Hellman, DSS or none.
  • Cipher/Encryption Algorithm: DES, Triple-DES, RC4, RC2, IDEA or none.
  • MAC Digest Algorithm: MD5, SHA or SHA1.

An SSL cipher can also be an export cipher and is either a SSLv2 or SSLv3/TLSv1 cipher (here TLSv1 is equivalent to SSLv3). To specify which ciphers to use, one can either specify all the Ciphers, one at a time, or use aliases to specify the preference and order for the ciphers.

Key Exchange Algorithm
  • kRSA: RSA key exchange
  • kDHr: Diffie-Hellman key exchange with RSA key
  • kDHd: Diffie-Hellman key exchange with DSA key
  • kEDH: Ephemeral (temp.key) Diffie-Hellman key exchange (no cert)
Authentication Algorithm
  • aNULL: No authentication
  • aRSA: RSA authentication
  • aDSS: DSS authentication
  • aDH: Diffie-Hellman authentication
Cipher Encoding Algorithm
  • eNULL: No encoding
  • DES: DES encoding
  • 3DES: Triple-DES encoding
  • RC4: RC4 encoding
  • RC2: RC2 encoding
  • IDEA: IDEA encoding
MAC Digest Algorithm
  • MD5: MD5 hash function
  • SHA1: SHA1 hash function
  • SHA: SHA hash function
Aliases
  • SSLv2: all SSL version 2.0 ciphers
  • SSLv3: all SSL version 3.0 ciphers
  • TLSv1: all TLS version 1.0 ciphers
  • EXP: all export ciphers
  • EXPORT40: all 40-bit export ciphers only
  • EXPORT56: all 56-bit export ciphers only
  • LOW: all low strength ciphers (no export, single DES)
  • MEDIUM: all ciphers with 128 bit encryption
  • HIGH: all ciphers using Triple-DES
  • RSA: all ciphers using RSA key exchange
  • DH: all ciphers using Diffie-Hellman key exchange
  • EDH: all ciphers using Ephemeral Diffie-Hellman key exchange
  • ADH: all ciphers using Anonymous Diffie-Hellman key exchange
  • DSS: all ciphers using DSS authentication
  • NULL: all ciphers using no encryption

Now where this becomes interesting is that these can be put together to specify the order and ciphers you wish to use. To speed this up there are also aliases (SSLv2, SSLv3, TLSv1, EXP, LOW, MEDIUM, HIGH) for certain groups of ciphers. These tags can be joined together with prefixes to form the cipher-spec.

Available prefixes
  • none: add cipher to list
  • +: add ciphers to list and pull them to current location in list
  • -: remove cipher from list (can be added later again)
  • !: kill cipher from list completely (can not be added later again)
A simpler way to look at all of this is to use the openssl ciphers -v command which provides a nice way to successively create the correct cipher-spec string. The default cipher-spec string is ALL:!ADH:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:+MEDIUM:+LOW:+SSLv2:+EXP which means the following: first, remove from consideration any ciphers that do not authenticate, i.e. for SSL only the Anonymous Diffie-Hellman ciphers. Next, use ciphers using RC4 and RSA. Next include the high, medium and then the low security ciphers. Finally pull all SSLv2 and export ciphers to the end of the list. 
$ openssl ciphers -v 'ALL:!ADH:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:+MEDIUM:+LOW:+SSLv2:+EXP'
NULL-SHA   SSLv3 Kx=RSA  Au=RSA  Enc=None  Mac=SHA1
NULL-MD5   SSLv3 Kx=RSA  Au=RSA  Enc=None  Mac=MD5
EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA  SSLv3 Kx=DH   Au=RSA  Enc=3DES(168) Mac=SHA1
EXP-RC4-MD5  SSLv3 Kx=RSA(512) Au=RSA  Enc=RC4(40) Mac=MD5  export
EXP-RC2-CBC-MD5   SSLv2 Kx=RSA(512) Au=RSA  Enc=RC2(40) Mac=MD5  export
EXP-RC4-MD5  SSLv2 Kx=RSA(512) Au=RSA  Enc=RC4(40) Mac=MD5  export

SSLCipherSuite Example

SSLCipherSuite RSA:!EXP:!NULL:+HIGH:+MEDIUM:-LOW

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HTTP Errors, HTTP Timeouts can be prevented with a 503 Service Temporarily UnavailableWhat do you think Googlebot and other Search Engines do when they try to reach your site while you are tinkering with it?

Hopefully you aren't doing anything that could slow the response time for the page google is trying to reach, and if google gets a 404 Not Found error or a 500 Error than your pagerank for that page could cease to exist!

What if you could conveniently tell Googlebot and other bots that you are working on the page but you would like them to come back in, oh, say an hour? I know what I did when I found out this was possible.. I found out how to do it and now I'm sharing with you.

Google Webmaster Central Blog

All About Googlebot

If my site is down for maintenance, how can I tell Googlebot to come back later rather than to index the "down for maintenance" page?

You should configure your server to return a status of 503 (network unavailable) rather than 200 (successful). That lets Googlebot know to try the pages again later.

How to use this SEO knowledge

We will use a bit of mod_rewrite code in a .htaccess file to send google and other search engine bots the 503 Service Temporarily Unavailable header, and we will also send a Retry-After: 3600 header to instruct the bots when they should re-check our page in 3600 seconds, (1 hour) to see if the page available

Retry-After Header

Article: Retry-After, 503 Service Unavailable

The Retry-After response-header field can be used with a 503 (Service Unavailable) response to indicate how long the service is expected to be unavailable to the requesting client. This field MAY also be used with any 3xx (Redirection) response to indicate the minimum time the user-agent is asked wait before issuing the redirected request. The value of this field can be either an HTTP-date or an integer number of seconds (in decimal) after the time of the response.

Retry-After  = "Retry-After" ":" ( HTTP-date | delta-seconds )

Two examples of using Retry-After:

Retry-After: Fri, 31 Dec 1999 23:59:59 GMT
Retry-After: 120

In the latter example, the delay is 2 minutes.

Send 503 only to Google Bots

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*(Googlebot|Googlebot|Mediapartners|Adsbot|Feedfetcher)-?(Google|Image)? [NC]
# or RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*google.* [NC]
RewriteRule .* /cgi-bin/error/503.php

Send everyone except the developer a 503

Where REMOTE_HOST below is the developer's IP address.

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
 
RewriteCond %{REMOTE_HOST} !^1\.1\.1\.1
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/cgi-bin/error/503\.php [NC]
RewriteRule .* /cgi-bin/error/503.php

Send BOTS a 503; humans to error page.

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*(Googlebot|Googlebot|Mediapartners|Adsbot|Feedfetcher)-?(Google|Image)? [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/cgi-bin/error/503\.php [NC]
RewriteRule .* /cgi-bin/error/503.php
 
RewriteCond %{REMOTE_HOST} !^1\.1\.1\.1
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/cgi-bin/error/404\.php [NC]
RewriteRule .* /under-development-explain.html [R=302,L]

What's a 503 Service Temporarily Unavailable Header?

503 Service Temporarily Unavailable The server is currently unable to handle the request due to a temporary overloading or maintenance of the server. The implication is that this is a temporary condition which will be alleviated after some delay. If known, the length of the delay MAY be indicated in a Retry-After header. If no Retry-After is given, the client SHOULD handle the response as it would for a 500 response.

503 script code

503 Header with PHP

If you are using a CGI version of PHP than the Status header below is required in addition to the HTTP/1.1 header, otherwise if you are using mod_php than you do not need the Status header.

<?php
ob_start();
header('HTTP/1.1 503 Service Temporarily Unavailable');
header('Status: 503 Service Temporarily Unavailable');
header('Retry-After: 3600');
header('X-Powered-By:');
?><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 2.0//EN">
<html><head>
<title>503 Service Temporarily Unavailable</title>
</head><body>
<h1>Service Temporarily Unavailable</h1>
<p>The server is temporarily unable to service your
request due to maintenance downtime or capacity
problems. Please try again later.</p>
</body></html>

503 Header with Perl CGI

#!/usr/local/bin/perl
 
print "Status: 503 Service Temporarily Unavailable\n";
print "Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8;\n";
print "Retry-After: 3600\r\n\r\n";
 
print "<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC \"-//IETF//DTD HTML 2.0//EN\">\n<html><head>\n<title>503 Service Temporarily Unavailable</title>\n";
print "</head><body>\n<h1>Service Temporarily Unavailable</h1>\n<p>The server is temporarily unable to service your\n";
print "request due to maintenance downtime or capacity\nproblems. Please try again later.</p>\n</body></html>";

What are URL unreachable errors?

Results in Sitemap Area of Google Tools when Sitemap.xml returns 503

Google encountered an error when trying to access this URL. We may have encountered a DNS error or timeout, for instance. Your server may have been down or busy when we tried to access the page. Possible URL unreachable errors include:

  1. 5xx error
  2. 503 Network Unavailable
  3. DNS issue
  4. robots.txt file unreachable
  5. Network unreachable

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