diff --git a/rhodecode/svn_support/templates/mod-dav-svn.conf.mako b/rhodecode/svn_support/templates/mod-dav-svn.conf.mako
--- a/rhodecode/svn_support/templates/mod-dav-svn.conf.mako
+++ b/rhodecode/svn_support/templates/mod-dav-svn.conf.mako
@@ -1,27 +1,63 @@
 # Auto generated configuration for use with the Apache mod_dav_svn module.
-
+#
+# WARNING: Make sure your Apache instance which runs the mod_dav_svn module is
+#          only accessible by RhodeCode. Otherwise everyone is able to browse
+#          the repositories or run subversion operations (checkout/commit/etc.).
+#
 # The mod_dav_svn module does not support subversion repositories which are
 # organized in subfolders. To support the repository groups of RhodeCode it is
 # required to provide a <Location> block for each group pointing to the
 # repository group sub folder.
-
+#
 # To ease the configuration RhodeCode auto generates this file whenever a
 # repository group is created/changed/deleted. Auto generation can be configured
 # in the ini file.
+#
+# To include this configuration into your apache config you can use the
+# `Include` directive. See the following example snippet of a virtual host how
+# to include this configuration file.
+#
+#     <VirtualHost *:8080>
+#         ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
+#         DocumentRoot /var/www/html
+#         ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
+#         CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
+#         Include /path/to/generated/mod_dav_svn.conf
+#     </VirtualHost>
+
 
 <Location ${location_root}>
+    # The mod_dav_svn module takes the username from the apache request object.
+    # Without authorization this will be empty and no username is logged for the
+    # transactions. This will result in "(no author)" for each revision. The
+    # following directives implement a fake authentication that allows every
+    # username/password combination.
+    AuthType Basic
+    AuthName "Subversion proxy"
+    AuthBasicProvider anon
+    Anonymous *
+    Require valid-user
+
     DAV svn
     SVNParentPath ${parent_path_root}
     SVNListParentPath ${'On' if svn_list_parent_path else 'Off'}
+
     Allow from all
     Order allow,deny
 </Location>
 
 % for repo_group in repo_groups:
 <Location ${location_root_stripped}${repo_group.full_path}>
+    AuthType Basic
+    AuthName "Subversion proxy"
+    AuthBasicProvider anon
+    Anonymous *
+    Require valid-user
+
     DAV svn
     SVNParentPath ${parent_path_root_stripped}${repo_group.full_path}
     SVNListParentPath ${'On' if svn_list_parent_path else 'Off'}
+
     Allow from all
     Order allow,deny
 </Location>