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Re: [cobalt-security] Proftpd Security Update 2.0.1 - New



At 11:09 AM 2/17/2003 +0000, Menno M Jansz wrote:

>Add the following to your httpd.conf:
>
>ServerTokens ProductOnly

Good idea!  According to the Apache doc,
this should prevent the server from identifying
the OS and the Apache version.  Withholding
information from potential hackers
seems like a good idea.

Alas, it doesn't appear to work... 

I run a RaQ2 and have religiously applied all the updates.

Here's what I did:
1. added the above directive to /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
2. restarted Apache
3. telnetted to Apache and made this request:
   get / http/1.0  <cr>  <cr>

The header that came back included the following:

Server: Apache/1.3.3 Cobalt (Unix)  (Red Hat/Linux)

What I had expected was:

Server: Apache

What am I doing wrong?

Many thanks for any light you can shed!

Dan Keller