The actual problem with the regex is not the space, but that the "/" matches the second slash instead of the first one. There's no digits and dots after that slash, so the expression does not match. I didn't expect another slash in the version string when I came up with the regex, my bad. This is how I intend to fix it: `/usr/sbin/httpd2 -v | grep 'version' | sed -e...
Thanks for the detailed report. I suppose you were using the latest version of the module?!
Regarding the 20 auth tries I'm pretty sure that it's apache itself that triggers them, if not your browser. The module itself does not contain any loops that could multiply requests from the core httpd. Does the page you request contain any images, external js or css that could trigger additional...