RE: Trying to modify Server header for apache 2.2.4 but fails

[Nir Peled <nirp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Soumendu,

 

Did you try setting ServerToken to Prod?

 

I'm not sure it changes the headers, but it might. Give it a try.

 

Regards,

 

Nir

 

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From: Soumendu Bhattacharya [mailto:soumendu_bhattacharya@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2008 4:11 PM
To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Trying to modify Server header for apache 2.2.4 but fails

 

Hi ,

         I am trying to modify the Server header (to disable Apache banner information) with mod_headers , but it doesn’t seem to be working.

 

Header unset Server

Header set Server " Web Server"

 

If I change it to Server1 , it works , but seems it’s not able to modify the Server header in particular. I have verified the output thru wget & live http headers.  Also I am requesting a static image file and it’s not a dynamic content ( I have jboss as my application server , Apache connects thru mod_jk). This image file is not being served by Jboss and is getting served directly by Apache ( I also have mod_cache enabled , but tried clearing the cache , still same result).

 

Is this a limitation or am I doing something wrong ? Is there any other way to stop apache from revealing its version information ?

 

Regards

 

Soumendu