Monthly Archives: March 2018

Apache: Disable the ETag Header

By default, the Apache web server has an information disclosure vulnerability where the ETag header shows information about the file containing the object in question. This can contain an “i-node” value which in combination with the use of NFS can permit … Continue reading

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Apache: Disabling TRACK and TRACE Methods

By default Apache supports a number of HTTP methods in addition to the ones we normally use – GET (to get objects) and PUSH (to push form data although you can send form data with GET too). These additional methods … Continue reading

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Apache: Blocking “Dangerous” Files

There are all sorts of “dangerous” files that can appear within a web server’s document root; some are merely potentially dangerous but some can be genuinely dangerous. For example, if someone uses an editor to change a .php file, it is … Continue reading

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