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Re: Apache Security Question


From: "S.A.B.R.O. Net Security" <sabronet () indy rr com>
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 17:38:16 -0500

http://www.whoopis.com/howtos/apache-rewrite.html has a few examples that may help.

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William E. Hoover
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Jennifer Fountain wrote:
Hi All:
I am running a nessus security scans against my linux redhat/apache
webservers and I keep getting the trace/track issue.  However, I do have
this verbage in my virtual hosts section:

 RewriteEngine On
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} ^(TRACE|TRACK)
 RewriteRule .* - [F]
 RewriteRule / https://site.com

And I am loading the rewrite module:

LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so

I am running the latest nessus.  Any suggestions?  I cannot disable it
unfortunately.

Kind Regards,
Jennifer Fountain
Systems Security Analyst
R&B Distribution
3400 E Walnut Street
Colmar, PA 18915
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