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emphasize a few things about authz_host
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- "domain name" is not a good contrast for hostname unqualified, use "partial" as used earlier in the doc
- mention that DNS resolution [of the require line arguments] is done at runtime not startup. This may be
  obvious to developers when you see it uses an ap_expr but the question was specifically asked on IRC.



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covener committed Sep 2, 2022
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Expand Up @@ -169,8 +169,9 @@ Require host .net example.edu
<p>In contrast to the <code>host</code> provider, this provider does not
rely on reverse DNS lookups: it simply queries the DNS for the host name
and allows a client if its IP matches. As a consequence, it will only
work with host names, not domain names. However, as the reverse DNS is
not used, it will work with clients which use a dynamic DNS service.</p>
work with complete host names that can be resolved in DNS, not partial domain names.
However, as the reverse DNS is not used, and DNS lookups occur at request processing
time (instead of startup), it will work with clients which use a dynamic DNS service.</p>

<highlight language="config">
Require forward-dns dynamic.example.org
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