# Apache web-server subconfiguration:

# to enable info requests:
<Files ~ "^info.txt$">
    SetHandler server-info
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
    Deny from .your_domain.com  
</FIles>

# to enable status requests:
<Files ~ "^status.txt$">
    SetHandler server-status
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
    Deny from .your_domain.com  
</FIles>

# to enable mod_perl status
<IfModule mod_perl.c>
    PerlModule Apache::Status
    <Files ~ "^mod_perl.txt$">
    	SetHandler  perl-script    
    	PerlHandler Apache::Status
    </Files>
</IfModule>