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[DOCS] Fix default for http.compression setting #56899

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|`http.compression` |Support for compression when possible (with
Accept-Encoding). Defaults to `true`.
Accept-Encoding). If HTTPS is enabled, defaults to `false`. Otherwise, defaults
to `true`.

Disabling compression for HTTPS mitigates potential security risks, such as a
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BREACH[BREACH attack]. To compress HTTPS traffic,
you must explicitly set `http.compression` to `true`.

|`http.compression_level` |Defines the compression level to use for HTTP responses. Valid values are in the range of 1 (minimum compression)
and 9 (maximum compression). Defaults to `3`.
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