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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/ref/settings.txt | 10 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/docs/ref/settings.txt b/docs/ref/settings.txt index 01cecd44a4..7b9c8e89fb 100644 --- a/docs/ref/settings.txt +++ b/docs/ref/settings.txt @@ -90,14 +90,18 @@ If the ``Host`` header (or ``X-Forwarded-Host`` if list, the :meth:`django.http.HttpRequest.get_host()` method will raise :exc:`~django.core.exceptions.SuspiciousOperation`. -When :setting:`DEBUG` is ``True`` or when running tests, host validation is -disabled; any host will be accepted. Thus it's usually only necessary to set it -in production. +When :setting:`DEBUG` is ``True``, host validation is disabled; any host will +be accepted. ``ALLOWED_HOSTS`` is :ref:`checked when running tests +<topics-testing-advanced-multiple-hosts>`. This validation only applies via :meth:`~django.http.HttpRequest.get_host()`; if your code accesses the ``Host`` header directly from ``request.META`` you are bypassing this security protection. +.. versionchanged:: 1.11 + + In older versions, ``ALLOWED_HOSTS`` wasn't checked when running tests. + .. setting:: APPEND_SLASH ``APPEND_SLASH`` |