Name

ContentDigest

Synopsis

ContentDigest on|off

Description

[server config, within <VirtualHost>, within <Directory>, or .htaccess]

Computes an MD5 (Message Digest 5) hash of the body content of core data sent to the client. This value is stored in a header that looks like:

Content-MD5: AyTr28784eSp2k67d98n28a=

The receiver can use this hash value to determine whether the contents of the page have been altered in transit. The hash values are not cached for each page sent; hence, they must be recalculated each time data is requested.

(Apache 1.1 or later)

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