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  PerlModule Apache::HeavyCGI::UnmaskQuery
  PerlPostReadRequestHandler Apache::HeavyCGI::UnmaskQuery

=head1 DESCRIPTION

This Apache Handler can be used from apache 1.3 (when
post_read_request was introduced) upwards to turn a request that looks
like an ordinary static request to the unsuspecting observer into a
query that can be handled by the CGI or Apache::Request module or by
the $r->args method.

The reason why you might want to do this lies in the fact that many
cache servers in use today (1999) are configured wrongly in that they
disallow caching of URIs with a questionmark in them. By composing
URIs with a semicolon instead of a questionmark, these cache servers
can be tricked into working correctly.