Monthly Archives: May 2018

Apache: Reducing Information Leaked Through The Headers

Apache by default announces all sorts of information about itself when you make a connection to it :- $ lynx -head http://some-server-fqdn/ HTTP/1.1 302 Found Date: Thu, 31 May 2018 12:18:22 GMT Server: Apache/2.2.15 (CentOS) Location: https://t-oala-idp-01.iso.port.ac.uk/ Connection: close Content-Type: … Continue reading

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Apache: Disabling Directory Indexes

One of the features of Apache that can cause security issues (or at least those who audit security issues may complain about it) is the ability to produce a file listing of a directory if there is no index page … Continue reading

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